Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.

Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.

Trump's not the future; his ideas and his coalition are a dead end.

President Obama is so much smarter and a better communicator than members of Congress in either party. The contrast, side by side, is almost ridiculous.

Barack Obama is an intellectual.

I never thought Hillary Clinton was a very good politician.

I'm convinced in 100 years Obama will have an important place in the civic pantheon of American life.

Donald Trump will be a tragedy, a sad joke in American history.

Everything on Twitter is true.

We're not going to be living in a world of abundant coal power in a hundred years.

We're not going to be living in a world where white identity politics is the basis for a major political party.

She turned his hand over, tracing letters into his palm. I…L.O.V.E…Y.O.U…

Fate has a cruel sense of humor, don't you think?

We all see the same thing, but interpretive it differently.

The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap.

The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to be real tax reform, and the wealthiest and large corporations will pay.

I have such a strong acting background because I know what I'm looking for, I know what the needs are, and I know acting when I see it.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

You cannot force meditation, you can only create the situation. And if the situation is created rightly, then meditation happens automatically.