"until you are master over the earth and air and water and fire in yourself, how can you be master of the elements of Nature?"

“When you find a germ of truth, beware. Those germs can make you sick.”

“Baking is too precise for me. I cook with a pinch of this or that.”

“One of the things I'm most proud of that we've done here at WFMU - after various failed attempts - is to create a really healthy online community that feeds into the physical real-world community. It's spawned meet-ups in other cities. People even get married - they meet online from these chats that accompany every single program and are a really big part of what we do.”

“The day is done. I'm having fun. I think I'm dumb. Or maybe just happy.”

“The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more - this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or a sanguine stance toward life: It is a fierce longing for God, an unyielding resolve to live in and out of our belovedness. - pg. 152”

“What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?”

Source : "A Clinton Report Card, So Far" by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., www.nytimes.com. April 11, 1993.

“You work hard for your income, and that hard work is what fuels the economy.”

“Know what you are talking about.”