Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

I think that bias is not a fixed thing. It's not as though some people are biased and others are not. It ebbs and flows. It can be manipulated. It changes according to a person's circumstances.

We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.

We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.

We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

Twitter is crack for media addicts.

The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy.

Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.

No one can stop death, Omari. It is normal and certain. And nothing should get in the way of a person’s true destiny.

London is one of the most fascinating, historic, amazing cities in the world!

Your life is worth much more than gold.

And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?

In real life the people who are most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.

What's cool about baseball is you don't have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure.

My motivation comes from a desire to make a difference in the quality of people's lives.

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

I don't even have a moment where I felt like I wanted to give up