Prince's words had not been meant as a warning. Rather, he had been playing. He had been pretending. He had been speaking for speaking's sake. Could there be a more despicable use for words?

What doesn't quicken dies. That's an indisputable truth of life.

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

All human beings - not merely neuro-typicals - need to be seen in ethics in the light of a conception of what is humanly important.

My past is no secret to anyone. I'm a blackguard and a sinner, and everyone knows it. These days, that's almost an asset to being a politician.

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle.

Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

In the East they say suffering is avoidable and not necessary. Life is bliss! You know why? This is because wisdom, yoga and meditation are ways to avoid suffering which has not yet come.

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.