Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.
In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food.
Your cocktail shaker can be smooth chrome or hammered aluminum. It must both conduct cold and look sophisticated at the same time.
High-quality alternative educational settings should be available when students violate codes of conduct and need to be removed from the classroom while still maintaining access to instruction. And there must be social, health and psychological services to address students' needs.
All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion.
Learning the core curriculum cannot come through coercion. It must come through a recognition of the need to integrate with economic life.
I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.
A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.
We must form public-private partnerships to collectively improve children's health.
The first meeting-houses were often built in the valleys, in the meadow lands; for the dwelling-houses must be clustered around them, since the colonists were ordered by law to build their new homes within half a mile of the meeting-house.
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the images of as many objects as are in front of it.
I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.
Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.
In November 2007, the White House issued a Declaration of Principles demanding that U.S. forces must remain indefinitely in Iraq and committing Iraq to privilege American investors.
