The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Love yourself first to be loving and beloved.

I want to live my life in such a way that it colors my things with memories.

In a very real way, then, materials are a reflection of who we are, a multi-scale expression of our human need and desires.

One of Walt Whitman's best-known poems is this one: When I heard the learn'd astronomer,.... The trouble is, Whitman is talking through his hat, but the poor soul didn't know any better

If you make a mistake as a prosecutor, your mistakes go home, whereas if you make a mistake defending, they go to jail.

I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.

My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but but when you come to America, you speak English.

Purpose provides activation energy for living.

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.