His [Osama bin Laden]excessive use of terror, including numerous attacks that indiscriminately killed many women and children, and of course many Muslims, has hurt the attractiveness of his message.

Power is the ability to affect others to get the outcomes you want, and that can be done by coercion, payment or attraction.

In the information age, it's not just whose army wins, but whose story wins.

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

Democracy is the best school to learn soft power.

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

I'm finding that the older I get, it's not that I learn new things, it's more like I find out how much of what I know is common knowledge.

Where your flesh is in front, your future is behind.

That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.

It's no wonder human beings are so narcissistic. The way our ears are constructed, we can hear only what is right next to us or else the internal monologue inside.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.

I was born in San Antonio, TX, but moved to Lakewood, CO in elementary school. Then, I moved to Valley Center, CA in high school.

I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess.