Church is not about learning how to be a moral person (though that is what the dominant narrative they hear tells them)

Creating a plan to bring in more business in a way that does not ultimately support yourannual goals is fighting against yourself.

The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online. Down with the isolation of writers I say! And long live Twitter.

Lazy thinking is not creative or productive.

There's always someone following your next step.

I'm not a pacifist, but I'm not a violent person. I mean, I have a gun. I shoot guns, but I wouldn't say I love guns. It doesn't work that way for me.

A lot of conservatives, a big part of the Republican base don't like his position on common core, don't like his position on immigration.

It is not always easy, for a woman alone.

[The consumer is] the supreme mover of economic order... for whom all goods are made and towards whom all economic activity is directed.

If not for reverence, if not for wonder, if not for love, why have we come here?

Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.