Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

There are few things more ungodly than fake joy when you should be mourning.

As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidest and most pernicious illusion.

With a name like that, he must be Catholic, right?

Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.

I don't throw people under the bus. When I stick by a guy - I may not agree with him all the time, but I sure don't throw him under the bus.

Not without design does God write the music of our lives.

If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys.

One of the things I've always said is that if you're given the ability to coach kids, then you're really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.

I always had difficulty as a model just being myself. I can be very shy, and I used to have a lot of anxiety about working on set.