In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence.

Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth:"Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.

Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.

There's no need to legalize gay marriage. I have plenty of gay friends who are committed couples; some of them call themselves married, some don't, but their friends treat them as married. Anybody who doesn't like it just doesn't hang out with them.

Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?