Ideology makes people stupid.

We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to squander our freedom...

Sometimes, when you can't fix the problem on your own, you need to make some compromises and find the partners who can get the job done for you.

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten.

If any overarching conclusion emerges from the Afghan and Iraq Wars (and from their Israeli equivalents), it's this: victory is a chimera.

Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the insurgents are not going to lay down their arms.

Because sure enough, the more you try to eradicate those limiting thoughts from bouncing around in your head, those negative thoughts are going to be bouncing around in your head more and more!

While you are too busy minding other people's business, who is busy minding yours?

I no longer consider, is this chap a congenial companion? Rather, the question is, would I feel easy if he were in command of the platoon on my right?

Rather than signalling the aspiration for system of checks and balances against absolute power, democracy become a euphemism for majority rule.

Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.

Well, nobody's perfect.

I'm still at the age where I'm constantly seeking approval of people I have respect for.

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.

If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.