If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.

The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.

If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?

Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.

We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.

Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.

The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.

Just knowing you exist changed the world for me.

What matters is we are living beings.

This was the missing link in Darwin's Logic: reproductive incompatibility, ultimately derived from genetic incompatibility, drove the origin of novel species.

We cannot control how others treat us but we can control the way we react to them.

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding.

Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.

Religion has nothing to do with compassion; it is our love for God that is the main thing because we have all been created for the sole purpose to love and be loved.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.