Depression manifests itself in a lack of will.

Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are their best recruiters.

The Dutch practice euthanasia so briskly that they will kill themselves even before the Islamists get around to it.

Routine is supposed to be the great deadener of souls; how much worse is the half-completed task, the broken round, the unfulfilled routine?

Aaron Burr was like a new refrigerator. He was bright, cold and empty.

[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his country.

Madison loathed Hamilton and loved Jefferson above all.

Only the stupefying ignorance of young women prevents them from comprehending the stupefying emptiness of the men who cluster round them.

One of the benefits of a bad education is the constant pleasure of discovery.

Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.

Some lawns have all the cheer of old cemeteries.

He fetishized limits.

I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.

I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.

Trust is earned. Like gold.

When I get married, it will be for life - divorce is not an option.

I would say she's definitely not shy, like her dad

Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected to the world.

Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me

I feel like my singing is not conventional. I mean, if you look at technique, I'm not a technical singer.

Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.