The Service without Hope Is tenderest, I think--. . . There is no Diligence like that That knows not an Until
The Second Amendment is not really a right.
I don't care if you want to hunt, I don't care if you think it's your right. I say, sorry, you are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison.
I act irrationally, I defy the odds, I engage when others would run. I look for trouble, I seek chaos, it is a burden.
Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America. . .
Are you fat because you're a lesbian, or are you a lesbian because you're fat?
I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?
Being a slow reader would normally be a deficiency; I found a way to make it an asset. I began to sound words and see all those qualities - in a way it made words more precious to me. Since so much of what happens in the world between human beings has to do with the inconsideration of language, with the imprecision of language, with language leaving our mouths unmediated, one thing which was sensuous and visceral led to, in the use of language, a moral gesture. It was about trying to use language to both exemplify and articulate what good is.
Each hamlet or village or town should be a place, its own place. This is not a matter of fake historicism or artsy-craftsy architecture. It is a matter of respect for things existing, subtle patterns of place woven from vistas and street widths and the siting and color and scale of stores, houses, and trees. . . If the countryside is to prosper, it must be different from city or suburb. . . The difference is in part the simple business of containing our towns and giving them boundaries.
I think it's really cool that videogames are getting more and more sophisticated and believable, and that people who worked on movies are being asked to art direct and design video games and characters, so they look better and better. When I see Jurassic Park on the screen, I predicted that games would be able to create a virtual experience that was just as real as the movies - we're not quite there yet, but it's getting better all the time.
All I know is, it is better to be the whale than the squid.