Everyone's politics are born of self-interest, particularly around sexuality. We just have to own up to that.

A lot of the political change that could happen is going to be super boring.

I have to do this all the time - choosing what to print based on how it might come back to harm people from whom I've earned trust.

You must first forgive yourself in order to forgive others.

Innocence is a kind of insanity

Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.

Humanity cannot be degraded by humiliation.

Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.

I, Galileo, son of the late Vicenzo Galilei, swear that I never said that the prime numbers are useless. What I said was that you cannot count lunar craters by counting 2, 3, 5, 7.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.

Have the boldness to tell yourself the truth - every bit of it.

What the hell is an oboe?

When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.