Some parents bring their children up and, I suppose, others let them down.

When a law isn't just, I believe it's okay to disobey it. In fact, I believe we are morally obliged to disobey it.

Falsehood is never in words

To be a best friend, the best word to live by is reciprocity.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing.

The military works like government; is financed like government, and sports the same inherent malignancies and perverse incentives of government, down to the racial-spoils system.

Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to hear practical advice.

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps.

If someone asks you to make a cup of coffee, make the best cup of coffee they’ve ever had, because why would they trust you with anything else if you can’t do that? No task is too small.

Run and become. Become and run. Run to succeed in the outer world. Become to proceed in the inner world.

I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's often seen as sort of splitting the difference between right and left.