The level of discourse reaching a mailbox simply cannot be limited to that which would be suitable for a sandbox.

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable.

Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the open discussion of countervailing views.

The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

Our love cannot be measured, it just is.

Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and weaken the foundation of our democracy.

A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.

Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin.

Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks are not necessarily aligned

You got shook and shook till there was nothing left. You lost your name and your body and your self and you just didn't care.

Hold my hands O Lord!Teach me to walk once againMy mind is covered with clouds darkAnd my soul wriggles in pain!

Why should you care so much about what others think of you, than what you think about yourself?

It's not the having it's the getting.

Smoking pot makes people talk for long periods of time, for instance, so people who advocate pot won't shut the hell up about it.

Cultivate friendships. If you don't have time to cultivate all of them, plow under every fifth one and collect your bonus.

My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.

... the genius never makes anything new, but always something that is just different, and the average talents provide him the possibility within which his genius condenses into achievements.

I think I would have written five times as much as I've written if I didn't have this terrible sense of perfection.