Give people a common enemy, and you will give them a common identity. Deprive them of an enemy and you will deprive them of the crutch by which they know who they are.

I'm not much of a multitasker, and when I'm in productive mode, organizational things suffer.

The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.

There are degrees of obsession, of awareness, of grief, of insanity.

Napoleon Hill said "The Imagination is the most powerful most miraculous inconceivably powerful force that the world's ever known

Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions.

I think having good family and friends really helps to ground you.

iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.

Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.

Now I know why the Lord took his day off on Sunday. That must be the day he personally greets his favorites.

Unless you heal the root of a problem, the pain will not go away. You can hide from it, but the problem stays until you dig deep.

I'm manipulating the audience. I'm making sure people sympathize.