I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.

Prosecutors must reveal the dirty little secret they too often share only among themselves: The death penalty actually hinders the fight against crime.

Ibn Mas'ud said that Allah's Messenger said: Abusing a Muslim is sinful and fighting with his tantamount to Kufr. Bukhari Muslim

Smoke veils the air like souls in drifting suspension, declining the war's insistence everyone move on.

I have to remind myself that I've always known this: Evolution is not for everybody.

The stock market is almost magical because it always leads the economy. It goes down long before the economy drops and then heads higher long before the economy rebounds. It always has.

Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.

I don't hate religion, I try not to hate religion. I hate the terrible things that religion makes people do, and I hate the greed that comes from it.

Fear is the most elegant weapon, your hands are never messy

If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.

I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.

The sense of smell is the hair-trigger of memory.