Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.

Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.

They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.

We are talking about Christianizing America. We are talking about the Gospel in a political context.

The Fox News cable channel is doing very well because there is a market for what Fox News has to offer.

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals.

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.

You know you do not understand yourself if everyone seems to understand you.

I snipped the cherries but left the banana.” She gave him a knowing look. “God, ” said Sir Sun. “No, not God. Me. I did it.” She pointed at herself.

What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.

Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.

It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.

I used to teach dance lessons.

You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while.

The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.

The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese.

There is only one boss. The customer.