It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.

Incoherence is a common hazard for journalists who dabble in ethical judgments.

I want to go to a place where I can go to a football game, take off my shirt, paint my chest and major in beer.

Somewhere in the dim recesses of the journalistic soul lies the horrible suspicion: This is really a pretty shallow and maybe unseemly way for a grownup to make a living.

Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life.

One good wish changes nothing. But one good decision changes everything. Your power to choose, to make a good decision, spells the difference between wishing and making real life changes.

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.

I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.

Happiness is sitting down to watch some slides of your neighbor's vacation and finding out that he spent two weeks in a nudist colony.

You just have to keep in mind that the important relationship is the relationship with the audience. That's what I try to do. Everything else is secondary.

Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us.

I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.

Everyone expects me to do certain things.

I think Irish people started to move to the United States - many things that were of consequence. And it was a tiny and mild event compared to what had happened 74,000 years ago.

O' thinkest thou we shall ever meet again? I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our times to come.