When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.
When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.
I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting.
If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is going to want to test your mettle.
Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims.
You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.
If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.
I am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.
I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely.
We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
Benny: I'm gonna drill you, sucker! I'm gonna grind you up!
My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.
