He who seeks eternity should look at the sky, he who seeks the moment, should look at the cloud.

Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.

Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.

Love is a territory where orders can't be issued.

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness.

I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears.

After us, there was no more world to receive anyone.

The precious promise of God’s word is light unto our path.

Respect both what you need to know and what you don't need to know. Respect mystery, for mystery is still needed to run the universe.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?

Never get so stuck in being responsible and mindful that you can't let it all go and run off chasing your private dream, if it leads to the shiny worlds, the worlds of beauty.

At the airport if you refuse to be patted down, they arrest you. And what's the first thing they do when they arrest you? They pat you down.

I love Israel for its blue and white flag as it matches my legs.

I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it is self-inflicted and hopefully can be channeled in a healthy way.

I am Jewish and proud of this culturally and ethnically - the ways in which I was born this way and am happy with whom I am.

I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems.