Roman Catholicism: a hundred million people bowing down before a flesh-hating, elderly celibate.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

My geekness is a-quivering.

How terrible to be a god of change and endure grief unending.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

In the middle of the storm, the ‘a’ of the atheist drops!

I am not taking away the historical legacy, but it should not become a burden.

As whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quietly into the night? Or will there be an explosion?

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for years and not find out.

The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity.

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream.