There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of Handel's Messiah.

North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit the mailing list.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father.

Evangelical Christians are not sincere. It is all about making money.

Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely sure.

I do think evangelicals have been under attack.

You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. Now you have the nerve to criticize the 'architect' America just hired - President Obama - to rebuild from the ashes.

I don't think anyone sees truth for a simple reason: we aren't static.

Beliefs should be like the rest of life, and real life isn't rules but learning and adaption.

Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.

Natural elegance inspires the mind.

True beauty isn't what you put on your face

It was the time of year that makes every poet’s heart sing and every lawyer question their life choices.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia with Love.'

But my sadness is comforting Because it’s right and natural And because it’s what the soul should feel When it already thinks it exists And the hand pick flowers And the soul takes no notice.

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.

A man goes to a psychiatrist. The doctor says, "You're crazy" The man says, "I want a second opinion!" "Okay, you're ugly too!"

Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.

How silly people were to eat. They thought they needed food for energy, but they didn't. Energy came from will, from self-control.