Progressive Consequentialsm requires us to make the world better but we are under no obligation to bring about the best possible world.

In this era of globalization we are witnessing struggles within individual states about what their identity and interests consist in.

We live on a restless planet in a violent universe.

Apocalypses don't happen very often. They tend to be separated by tens or even hundreds of millions of years.

Since we're not very good at something as basic as controlling our reproduction, life is really bad for more people than ever before.

Moral revolutions are typically seen retrospectively. Prospectively, the revolutionaries tend to look like crazy people, and sometimes they are.

I take seriously the idea that we are African Apes who (at least for the moment) dominate the planet, but our psychology is pretty much what it was when we were living in small groups on the savanna.

One of the real dangers of our time is people's indifference to history.

Philosophers are smart, analytical, and skeptical. For these reasons they are relatively unbiased.

I'm a subjectivist about morality.

Ethics is prescriptive and can change behavior, but usually only at the margins.

The biggest fear a corporate government has is that the masses will refuse to work.

my ego and pride holds me back from loving you to the fullest

I know we only talked once-" "But it meant something to you." Our eyes met for only an instant. "It meant something to me, too. I just didn't realize - Well, I thought it was only me.

I was a Packers fan growing up, and just to see the way he played the game and how excited he was about it all the time, he's my favorite.

Making your moves, paying your dues, chasing the cool.

My first son didn't really take a bottle, and I didn't like giving bottles.

We can deal with Russia on counterterrorism. We have and I think we are right now. That's easy.

The smile is the dance of the face - the dance is the smile of the limbs.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

It’s the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard — but when you move, you do not suffer. That’s the feeling I am looking for.