"Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel, they call it being tactful. Cowardice would be a much better name. Tact is an active quality t hat is not exercised by merely making a dash for cover. Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought to face."

“One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.”

Source : Roy Hattersley's remarks at the House of Commons debate, www.publications.parliament.uk. December 17, 1990.

“Religious leaders could play a significant role in making explicit the connections between current concerns for the environment and age-old teachings about our dependence on the natural world, and the dangers of greed and excess”

“If I could be working every day, I would be.”

“I had studied history at Brown and didn't feel like doing anything with it. What does one do with a history degree besides become a historian? And the professors in school, it seemed like they were just writing books for other professors to comment on, and vice versa - it was the most self-referential, boring world you could ever imagine.”

Source : Interview with Michel Auder, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2009.

“Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.”

“There's a particular trend towards the empty pop song right now. Where people are like, "This. Is. Brilliant. She's singing about a crush on somebody. Wowww." You know what I mean? There's a weird, I don't know... It's called "poptimism."”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“You are the imagination of yourself.”

“The Marine Corps ... took a boy and made him a man.”