Pastoral Resources

If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.

I am an addictive personality.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed.

Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all.

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

But Eddie does not make all the decisions. Eddie can listen to reason; Eddie can be swayed or talked in or out of certain things. Eddie allows other people to lead in this band and to have certain roles that are very fundamental to the decision-making process.