People's position on immigration, once they get "sophisticated," and they rise to the higher levels of commentary or government, it's usually determined solely by economics. And not by anything else.

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.

If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

I'm harmless. I don't have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody. When people know you're that way, you can say stuff that the creepy guy at your office could never get away with.

To be an investor you must be a believer in a better tomorrow.

Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

In a word, most bad attitudes are the result of selfishness.

We have a lot of work to do and I‘m afraid that it‘s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.

The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on.

Internal and external nature, mind and matter, are in time and space, and are bound by the law of causation.