Every generation is born into, for the most part, a heterosexual family.

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.

Don't fool yourself that you're blogging when you're really just putting stuff up online.

The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true.

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, "Then there's no hope for me, Mum."

I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs; you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

Losing your job gives you the opportunity to make your life count

There is wisdom in climbing mountains... For they teach us how truly small we are.

I can never get used to not having you around Nanay. I travel the world but I can't find anybody like you!

Falling in love IS bizarre and creepy

If ever you feel like an animal among men be a lion.

I don't need my sexuality celebrated, and I certainly don't need it to be criticized. I didn't necessarily want it to be observed, but here we are.

I'm very glad that [the death penalty] hasn't existed for many years in the U.K.

Tis human actions paint the chart of time.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties.