"In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill."

“We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting to break records before black people were allowed to play? Excuse me, where is that asterisk?”

“The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.”

Source : "The Murderer". Short story by Ray Bradbury, 1953.

“The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.”

Source : "Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources". Book by James Wood, 1899.

“It's funny, because I don't have a very addictive personality in any way except for things like stories or books or movies or TV. I just get, like, completely enamored and lost in that world, especially when one really hits the right way. Like, I just can't do anything else.”

Source : "'Parenthood’s' Mae Whitman: 'All I do is talk about Tim Riggins and the Panthers'". Interview with Willa Paskin, www.salon.com. November 18, 2012.

“It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.”

“Personal sacrifices are really the beginning and the end of everything, because you don't win because you do one thing right or two things right. You win because you do 1,000 little things right throughout the year.”

“I think we've all got a mirror man in our life - male, female, it's someone who love themselves before they can love anyone else.”

“My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot because wonderful accidents can happen when you shoot a lot.”