Criticism in the universities I'll have to admit has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.

The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.

To me thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.

I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction.

That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that.

And unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was not just damaged but totally destroyed.

I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

Although strength should fail the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment so dry documentary narration is not for me.

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans when other doors were closed.

When cerebral processes enter into sports you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.

The NFL is such a large multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans but memories good memories family memories to these fans that can only bring about good will.

We've finally told the world that this is sports entertainment and I think one of the best forms of entertainment is anything that's fun or funny something that you really enjoy watching or listening to.

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

I think professional sports football to use it as an example it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.

Sports is the only entertainment where no matter how many times you go back you never know the ending.

I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.

Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.

Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.

Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story whether in print orating writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.