Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison.

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

Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.

Whether by plane, bus or carpet, own the magic in your ride.

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.

If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head.

None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

When in doubt dance out

love all the people you can. The sufferings from love are not to be compared to the sorrows of loneliness.

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'

The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.