All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. religion, whatever else it has done, has provided one of the main ways of meeting this abiding need. – Harvey Cox
In West Africa, when a person in the village becomes sick, the Healer will ask them, “When was the last time you sang? When was the last time that you danced? When was the last time that you shared a story?” – Harvey Cox
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. – Harvey Cox
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in a new manner under the influence of marijuana, and these apprehensions have remained valid in years of normal consciousness. – Allen Ginsberg
If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. – William J. Clinton