Pastoral Resources

We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were Chinese. But for some reason, they feel they are not Chinese.

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing.

Well, honestly, both my husband and I tend to ignore the tabloids. We see them every once in awhile or it comes to our attention that we are in a tabloid for one reason or another. But it's always false.

But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness.

Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.

The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.