"It is our homes and families that need reforming in this increasingly materialistic and secular world."

“I once fisted two babies and then used the corpses as boxing gloves to fight off the grieving parents.”

“About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.”

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Source : Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

“All seemingly profound thinking which passes for realism, because it conveniently does away with all troublesome principles, has agreat attraction for the adolescent mind.”

“Unwonted circumstances may make us all rather unlike ourselves: there are conditions under which the most majestic person is obliged to sneeze, and our emotions are liable to be acted on in the same incongruous manner.”

“In this fall - this is very tough - in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.”

“The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.”

“I think it's sinful to give the audience material it knows already, whether the material is about race relations or the car culture or the depiction and placement of a candy bar.”

Source : Interview with Richard Thompson, www.screeningthepast.com. 1977.