"For those of us who want to have control over all our mental states, compatibilist substitutes - such as desiring what we desire to desire - will always be like being told, when you desperately want there to be a God, that yes, God exists, as God is simply the good within people."

“The powers that be not only try to control events, but they try to control our memory and understanding of these events, which is part of controlling the events themselves.”

“In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.”

Source : "William the Silent, William of Nausau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584". Book by C. V. Wedgwood, p. 78, 1944.

“Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.”

“Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.”

“I like shitty strip clubs. They look like what they are. I know what to expect. Unlike Congress, at least we know everybody is for sale.”

“Mary Matalin and James Carville have given me more hope when it comes to love and relationships than any romance book or chick flick ever.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 19, 2014

“Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.”

“If it wasn't for golf, I don't know what I'd be doing. If my IQ had been two points lower, I'd have been a plant somewhere.”