Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.

We live in a world in which celebrity recognition, media access, and power translate very quickly into political power and indeed economic power.

Knowing where you have come from is important in forming an idea of where you want to go.

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected.

Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.

If somebody has a monopoly position, and wants to keep that monopoly position, it means that you are effectively shutting out competition from other sources.

The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.

Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing we'd ever been dependably stellar at: we'd read.

Is that a professional bread bowl?

A gossip is one who talks to you about others a bore is one who talks to you about himself and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

So much of what comes out of the faith community seems so dour and somber, and we want to say, 'Hey, we're real people. You can be a person of faith and really enjoy life and laugh.'

One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.

I think the trend to control speech - and therefore thought - continues. Because of the freer flow of information now, there's more on the side of free thought.

He [Vishous] was all need, no ease.

Without a future well designed we take hesitant steps.

Good translations are one of the vital necessities of our time.