The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks.... And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul.

Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.

It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes.

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.

Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.

This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.

Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.

The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem. Josef Stalin

To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed... There is nothing sweeter in the world.

The word try, means nothing. There's no such thing as trying to do something. The moment you begin a task, you're doing it. So just finish what you're doing.

I'm named after my great grand-mother...while you've never heard of her, in my mind she's practically a celebrity.

I'm not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in three-and-a-half minutes, it's surreal.

Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.

Having killed God, the atheist is left with no reason for being, no morality to espouse, no meaning to life, and no hope beyond the grave.

I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black".

A hotel is a place that keeps the manufacturers of 25-watt bulbs in business.

Just because I am alone, does not mean I am lonely. I am not you.