I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old.

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.

The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top

My lips are chapped from the winds of change.

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.

History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.

You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.

Sin sorpresas, aunque sean disagredables, nadie estaria dispuesto a vivir.

Animals are what we are and animals are what we'll stay.

Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference.

The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy... I can't get into minute details.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

Laundry's easier when you live alone. Fifteen minutes before a date, put 'em on, dry 'em with a hair blower.

We support the auto-enrolment but we have our doubts about the way the National Pension Scheme is going to be structured.

America remembers. On this 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nation honors those who were lost.

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.