The dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futures but our own.

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

Who's to say? Life is not, as we are taught, a matter of seeking answers, but rather learning which are the questions we should ask.

A human being must have an auxiliary means of discovering the truth, a means that exists outside of his own belief or outside any alleged revelation. Otherwise…well, who’s to say he isn’t insane?

I can't imagine a universe in which I try to unlove her.

I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.

Every year I used to write a musical inspired by John Waters, and I would get all my friends together and put on this perverse, emotional, tragic musical.

The most successful form of correction is when the "other" feels informed versus chastised.

Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.

I’m sort of like Costco. I’m big, I’m not fancy and I dare you to not like me.

When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed.

I do uphill skiing; I don't do downhill skiing. I think that's for nerd amateurs.