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“Intelligence is a moral category.”
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“Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.”
Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.168
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“I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since”
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“Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots - or traitors.”
Source : Last public speech before his death, Chicago, Illinois, May 1, 1861.
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“Blackbirds are the cellos of the deep farms.”
Source : 'Green Mountain, Black Mountain' (1982)
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“I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.”
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“Can I be blamed for wanting a real body, to put my arms around? Without it I too am disembodied. I can listen to my own heartbeat against the bedsprings...but there’s something dead about it, something deserted.”
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“I don't go into it trying to be this or that because that completely taints and corrupts the work that you're trying to do. But, I'm thankful and that definitely was a surprise. Hopefully, I'll keep doing stuff that remains interesting and fun for the audience.”
