"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."

“Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.”

Source : Kenneth B. Clark (1988). “Prejudice and Your Child”, p.37, Wesleyan University Press

“My God, I have come with the seeds of questions. I planted them, and they never flowered.”

“Our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded.”

Source : "Headless bodies and other immigration tall tales in Arizona". Article by Dana Milbank, www.washingtonpost.com. July 11, 2010.

“I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.”

“The dugout in the weeds or leaves beneath a backyard willow, the rivulet of a seasonal creek, even the ditch between the front yard and the road-all of these places are entire universes to a young child.”

“Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential.”

Source : Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”

“When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.”

“And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.”