"The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate."

“Public work does not cut into personal creativity. They are streams from the same river but with different destinations.”

Source : "Four Energetic Women Behind America's Literary Arts". Interview with Daniela Gioseffi, www.raintaxi.com. 2012.

“Vegetarianism is an act of the imagination. It reflects an ability to imagine alternatives to the texts of meat.”

Source : Carol J. Adams (1990). “The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory”, Continuum

“The idea wasn't to make a direct political statement since the current economic collapse hadn't begun when we started on the book. The parallels I'm most interested in are the ways that human nature never changes, no matter how far back in time you look.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a double-header.”

“Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilities.”

“The time has also come to recognize the painful truth that traditional Judeo-Christian moral values of pain and pleasure in human relationships have contributed substantially to child abuse and to the prevalence of physical violence in Western civilization.... The religious system upon which our culture is based holds that pain, suffering and deprivation are moral and necessary to save one's soul and make one a 'good person.' The crucifixion and scourging of Christ are examples.”

“The first game I played. We played against the Dallas Texans.”

“According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, Donald Trump`s tax plan is going to increase the national debt by more than 50 percent over ten years.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com