Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and religion.

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

I think that bias is not a fixed thing. It's not as though some people are biased and others are not. It ebbs and flows. It can be manipulated. It changes according to a person's circumstances.

We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.

We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.

Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.

We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

Twitter is crack for media addicts.

Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.

Perfect is a dream that you wake up from and spend forever trying to remember.

The loving are the daring.

If fitness came in a bottle,everyone would have a great body. Skip the quick fixes;hard work is what ensures lasting results!

You know this is a dicey situation anyway you look at it.

I'm trying to get out of my own way

I've always been amused by [Bob] Dylan; I don't think he's been amused by me.

I am not a finisher, I am a starter. And I am always thinking, what is the next project.

Jobs are a key essential in the Budget.They are government's number one priority and the Budget is going to reflect that.

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.