I have learned when two Republicans are talking about legalizing drugs to shut up.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

Never dance in a puddle when there's a hole in your shoe (it's always best to take your shoes off first).

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

Everlasting peace will come to the world when the last man has slain the last but one.

You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion.

... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution.

Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one.