Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican adversaries could feel emboldened.

Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us.

In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.

We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death.

Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associate with Reagan.

The more things change, the more they are the same.

The first step in wisdom, as well as in morality, is to open the windows of the ego as wide as possible.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn't stand for it

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.

The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.

Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment; hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension to a feeling you never had and have no wish for.