Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.

I’m always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me the monsters. Logical conclusions don’t satisfy. Monsters satisfy, absolutely.

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.

The success of any society must be judged by the life of its worst off. No other calculation will do.

Human beings are no damn good, ” he said. “We are even worse than animals. We like ...”He trailed off, cleared his throat, but his voice hardly reached a whisper.“We like monsters, ” he said.

Try me, and you start LOVING!!

When someone is unkind, respond with kindness.

Nicola would have to speak up, Jacob would have to shut up, and he would have to man up.

I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.

I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.

Death is in truth an illness from which we recover

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.

Didn't know what I was doing but I put on a cape Now it's which world tour should I go on & take

By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing.