“In this age of 'whatever,' Americans are becoming slaves to the new tyranny of nonchalance. " James Morris”

“Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.”

“There may be arrogance and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.”

“People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.”

“Time was when much of lawyering consisted (according to turn-of-the-century lawyer and statesman Elihu Root) in "telling would-be clients that they are damned fool's, and should stop.”

“Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.”

“Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can'...”

“It always struck me in years after how bizarre it was, how two people could look at one another with such tenderness and complete love, and how quickly that could dissolve into nothing but bitterness.”

“Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.”

“God can use the jawbone of an ass!”

“Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.”

“I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones. ...”

“Once you being defensive in your answer. Just know there is the truth in the question you have been asked, or there is truth in what they are saying to you.”

“We as ambitious human beings can maintain self respect by influencing ourselves to behave as civil human beings and focus on our long term goals by not allowing others to take advantage of our lives.”

“Any defensiveness is a sign of failure. You can't move forward if you are defensive.”