"What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty."

"Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people."

"After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country."

"Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism and our second great philosopher was an agnostic."

"Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something."

"Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was eight that I wanted to be an actor."

"Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?"

"It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away."