“Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensi...” — Joseph Butler Quote

“Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you.”

“The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested or disinterested, because the objects of them all are equally self or somewhat else.”

“The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.”

“I've already composed and written a letter to the House administration telling them to withhold my paycheck in the event of a lapse of appropriations.”

“Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say and where you're heading. The most beautiful love poems that were ever written are sonnets, composed in a very constraining form.”

“I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.”