Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can. Use this quote
Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority. Use this quote
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. Use this quote
What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle-this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made. Use this quote
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. Use this quote
One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working. Use this quote
Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death. Use this quote
Ever since we were little, we were so on fire for our dreams. We never let anyone blow our flames out. Use this quote
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. Use this quote
I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s. Use this quote
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Use this quote
Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. Use this quote
No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Use this quote
As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years. Use this quote
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe. Use this quote
I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Use this quote
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Use this quote
I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be. Use this quote
In regard to education, something has been done by the Provincial Legislature; but to build churches, and to place clergymen is a work of greater difficulty. Use this quote
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation. Use this quote
