If God cares about our puny species, then disasters prove that he is not all-powerful; and if he is all-powerful, then clearly he doesn't give a damn.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

Every failure if you let it is an opportunity to reinvent yourself and move forward.

Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.

We are the sum total of our choices.

No dark cloud can forever prevent the sun from shining!

What hunger is in relation to food zest is in relation to life.

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

As a gut thing, my next project is always the complete opposite of the thing I've just done. So if I've spent a lot of time doing film, I might then do some radio.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.