Not only did I feel hurt that she [Sarah Palin] sort of misdiagnosed all of these veterans, but I think she sort of was wrong in the way she talked about the issue.

I was shocked [of Sarah Palin ], because beating up, you know, your girlfriend, your spouse, or acts of violence aren't one of the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

I think if we really break it down and talk about post-traumatic stress disorder, it's very different than the way Sarah Palin explained it.

Her [Sarah Palin] son went to Iraq under George W. Bush, but it gives us a chance to explain what post-traumatic stress disorder is.

I think that Sarah Palin really missed the chance to educate the public on what some of the challenges her son is actually facing.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Do not neglect the house of God.

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself.

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling.

The way of the pioneer is always rough.

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule.

Companies prefer to put money in the pockets of shareholders or to hoard cash rather than to raise wages or invest.

Live every week like it's shark week.