A large plural society cannot be governed without recognizing that, transcending its plural interests, there is a rational order with a superior common law.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

The best stories are like the best burgers: big, juicy, and messy.

All perception is the result of electrical impulses in the brain - the world of the individual is tantamount to a highly advanced computer running and analyzing programs in its working memory.

Can we not say 'dumped' and 'Bellas' in the same sentence, please?

I woke up and one of us was crying.

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.

The ones who destroy monsters have always been humans.

The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.

I'm someone who thinks that where there's a void, I need to fill it, but I'm trying to have patience and a little bit of discipline.

You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you create in the marketplace.