"We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place."

"Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing."

"The future and eternity are two entirely different things."

"If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure."

"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

"From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence."

"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."