"Alone we are smart. Together we are brilliant."

“Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”

“I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.”

“You can't join a team and give up on it because you lose a few games or things aren't going well.”

Source : "The Mannings On Fatherhood". Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com. June 20, 2015.

“For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.”

“What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?”

“It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.”

“There's been a sea change in our focus on corporate ethics. We've made more progress in the last three years than the previous 30.”

“Chris Cooper I got to work with many times.”