I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

Even when we are confused about someone’s gender, and don’t have a greater awareness of what it means to be trans, we have a choice to respond with kindness rather than cruelty.

You may ask for anything, but God will only give you what fits in His divine plan. John 14:14

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).

Have you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed you cease to exist.

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.

Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above five-and-twenty.

The smartest advertising is the advertising that communicates the best and respects the consumer's intelligence.