we become like that which we worship.

Communism is what happens when atheism meets bureaucracy.

You resemble what you revere, either for ruin or restoration.

Modern American liberalism is nothing but the socialism too stupid to recognize itself in the mirror.

The French - cheese-eating surrender monkeys. The Germans - schnitzel snarfing stormtrooper spawn.

The mark of the true church is an expanding witness to the presence of God.

There is only one way to receive intellectual respect, and that is to earn it. A degree doesn't mean anything, as there are too many maleducated morons running around with them to impress anyone.

The butcher seldom sees much interest in allowing the herd to be armed.

What college boils down to is a brand name stamped on the graduate for the benefit of corporate consumers.

We live in a nation of pigs and murderers.

...they ain't never met nobody they didn't lie to and steal from.

It is often the parishioners, the men and women in the pews, who set the tone.

At 50 you now have realized ?Getting old isn't fair? And that it's hard to make a comeback ?When you haven't gone anywhere

My perfect Sunday is waking up at 10 - which, you know, those days are over for me - but waking up at 10, breakfast with children, hanging out with well-behaved children.

The point of life for me is just to make connections with people and share experiences with people.

We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.

Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.

Consistency is a virtue for trains.

Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.