People who disagree on important issues don't agree on the facts.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

Or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

I one individual human being. One of the seven billion human being. I believe each of us, our future depends on the rest of humanity.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

Sexuality shouldn't define anyone. It doesn't define me. Love should be at the core of what you do.

Excellence nourishes the soul.

If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.

I- I love you like a love song, baby And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat

He's Soderbergh, we're working for him. It doesn't matter what he's doing; we'll see it at the premiere.