Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

It's a little dangerous to be a badass.

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

Women are damn resilient.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

In our plain defects we already know the brotherhood of man.

To me the purpose of life is to enjoy it! It's to enjoy the gift, and to make sure that other people have an opportunity to enjoy the gift.

But when you become a slave to a public persona and don’t feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield and it shouldn’t come at the expense of your self-worth.

I hope we will come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who have no business with them.

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done — or it’s about giving until it hurts.

And the first five places are filled by five different cars.

If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket.

Welcome to Israel, where chanting “Death to Arabs” is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace.