And so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

Love should feel like a hand sewn quilt made by grandma, wrapping you up on a cold winter morning.

Looking toward the future. It's as bright as you make it.

These days, all I ask Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another.

What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

Knowlede is power and Absolute Knowledge is Absolute Power or the Power of Truth, which is constantly shaping events and circumstances to reveal the errors in our beliefs.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

my kingdom for a kiss upon your shoulder" lover you should have come over-

The ideas of control and improvements are often confused with one another. This is because quality control and quality improvement are inseparable.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.