Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump.

The dismissal of any of these people would send a useful signal to U.S. allies that the president has the nerve - and self-awareness - to make a change.

The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy.

I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives with Donald Trump.

In the Middle East there are two kinds of regimes - those that could be worse, and those that couldn't be worse.

The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.

In taking care with language, we take care of ourselves.

I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And I think that's dreadful.

When it comes to trade, when it comes to standing up to countries like North Korea, when it comes to standing up to guys like Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is not a conservative.

The only person who counts in the administration is the president of the United States.

I have been writing about Hillary Clinton, I just actually looked this up, since 1998 when she was busy standing by when Suha Arafat was launching anti-Semitic tirades against Israel and the Jews.

The fashion look of teens and twentysomethings -once so cutting edge- is now, like most of the music played on the radio, a matter of routine. Safe, tired, everywhere.

Either you follow-up or you fold-up

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

I've never been to Ireland and I've always wanted to go.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

One of the greatest tazkiya (purification) of the nafs (self) is to part with your money and to give it to people who deserve it.

I was born to enjoy life. And so it is.

The stereotypes we pretend that we reject are ingrained in our DNA.

The mind is like dishwater, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.