Pastoral Resources

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.

But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.

We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person.

Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.

For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.

The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving the artist in fictitious life an uncertain model to copy and unstable materials to work in.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.

It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.