If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.

The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.

No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.

Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

Change comes from a degree of discomfort that allows for and spurs thought and action.

Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

Yoga may teach you how to reveal your inner joy and inner beauties that beautify this world.

There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be undone. Come this far, and you can't go back.

If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.

I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.

Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs and you're usually best listening.

The idea that we evolved with these thoughts is actually very fascinating - to me.

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in my insanity.

My genetics are good, but they aren't crazy He-Man style.

I imagine there's an undercurrent of the impact of early religious teachings and my break from what I was taught and expected to perform if I wanted to be considered normal in my family of origin.