A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.