"By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy."

"In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person."

"Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible."

"If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth."

"You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff."

"I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away."

"There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration."

"At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing."