I'm a little nervous about public funding. It's better than what we got now.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

There's nothing wrong with being organized.Things that change history tend to be organized.

You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.

John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command save one has stood with him.

You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.

Every book is a journey, a map into the complexities of the human mind and soul.

There's definitely one person in this world I know I can count on. She's there in the mirror.

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like.

There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.

Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.

In solitude especialy do we begin to appreciate the advantage of living with someone who can think.

Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.

Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.

Agendas tend to drain the life out of relationships.

If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.