I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are--or, at all events, that I must try and become one.

There's a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that appeal to the worst in people. Our society is moving in that direction.

I'm a practitioner of elegant frugality. I don't feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead by example.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.

The property of the estate owners (pomeshchiks) doesn't belong to any particular detachment, but to the people as a whole. Let the people take what they want.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

You find the book in the process of doing it. That's the adventure of the job.

When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.

the bus timetable sites are all run by an inbred cabal of malicious gnomes. Who don’t speak English. And who don’t count very well either. Or tell time. And they certainly can’t read maps.

Nobody could ever say as many terrible things to me as I say to myself.