"But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized."

“The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.”

“The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.”

“Turkeys are perfect for feeding larger gatherings.”

“I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world.”

“If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.”

Source : "Hal Sparks, ‘Gay-Adjacent’ Star of Queer As Folk , Explains Why He Supports LGBT Equality" by Charlotte Robinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2012.

“Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance.”

“We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set as we are in a great wide land, with all our differences, there are certain traditions and ideals which we had in common, and which could best be preserved in a distinct society of our own.”

Source : Address to the Canadian Club of Vancouver, October 14, 1952.

“One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.”