Francois Hollande is the president of France. He got all sorts of accolades for his leadership in France after the Paris attacks.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

After the prayer they executed an armed robbery. That sounds very strange this many years later: prayer and then armed robbery.

I had piano lessons when I was younger, but I quit because I didn't want to sit and learn the scales.

My philosophy is never start talking about 'if,' 'and,' 'but' or the past, because 90 percent of what follows will be negative.

So that makes him, like, your fang granddaddy.

Body adornments show that we're aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well.

If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.

On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart

The desire for true happiness is nothing to feel ashamed about.

The variety of opinions leads to questions. Questions lead to truth.

The overwhelming emphasis of contemporary Christianity: "Just do it." The overwhelming emphasis of Biblical Christianity: "It is finished"