Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.

The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.

Without dignity, identity is erased.

I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled.

I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.

We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back, " he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war.

A fantastically huge, roiling cloud, glowing bluish gray, swaggered over the city. It was more than three miles tall. Below it Hiroshima was boiling.

Though the captives' resistance was dangerous, through such acts, dignity was preserved, and through dignity, life itself.

Out of all the creatures that roam the earth man is the only one that managed to enslave itself.

The future is the one thing you can count on not abandoning you, kid, he’d said. The future will always finds you. Stand still, and it will find you. The way the land just has run to sea.

Virtue in a woman is like pepper in the soup. A little makes for a nice seasoning. Butoverdo it, and no one wants very much of you.

Maybe we're just stupid and don't realize you can't make music that sounds like a chase scene from a 'Scooby Doo' cartoon and have people take you seriously.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.

I'm doing more than just making songs for the radio. I want it to be a well rounded sounding experience.

No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.

I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going.

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.