But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests.

I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure.

For justice to have any meaning, it must also mean that no innocent person should ever be executed.

It is entirely possible that Limbaugh himself never needed contraception in college, but virtue in the absence of opportunity is hardly a moral triumph.

If you don't like tomato soup, you don't buy tomato soup.

It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it.

Allow me to introduce myself. I am a traitor and an idiot. Also, my mother should have aborted me and left me in a dumpster, but since she didn't, I should 'off' myself.

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

Freedom is a messy affair, and sometimes people get their feelings hurt but we think the trade-off is worth the aggravation.

There's the bullshit you know that you know

The good in this world far outweighs the evil. Our common humanity transcends our differences, and our most effective response to terror is compassion, it's unity, and it's love.

Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death.

This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.

Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist.

You know God gives me that inner strength that super strength to get through things.

I'm the type of person where, A., I look at things as challenges, I like challenges and, B., I truly believe that you determine your own destiny.

I do what I do and hope that it might connect with people who are thinking along the same lines.

You have to be loyal and true to one another, or your love will never last!

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?