“Surely deep down we all want to respect the reputation of others, see the best in them and not cause an unjust injury. So aim for the heavens and not the gutter.”

“Their own strength has betrayed them. They have…pulled down Deep Heaven on their heads.”

“The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African-American men, more than the next nine causes put together. So we have to do two things, as I said. We have to restore trust. We have to work with the police. We have to make sure they respect the communities and the communities respect them. And we have to tackle the plague of gun violence, which is a big contributor to a lot of the problems that we're seeing today.”

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.”

“Of course, most mortals can't see magic clearly, so I'm not sure what theythey saw as we passed overhead. No doubt it caused many of them to adjust their medication.”

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.”

“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.”

“Down in the deep, up in the sky,
I see them always, far or nigh,
And I shall see them till I die —”

“Here is tragedy—and here is America. For the curse of the country, as well of all democracies, is precisely the fact that it treats its best men as enemies. The aim of our society, if it may be said to have an aim, is to iron them out. The ideal American, in the public sense, is a respectable vacuum.”

“I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite!”