We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves.

Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks.

Time was this place didn’t make sense and I could live with it. Either it’s changed, or I have.

Facing your fears robs them of their power.

My ambition is to one day shed my wardrobe and figure out how to look like Gilles Bensimon - or a famous stylist - who travels with a Birkin bag and minimal accoutrement and somehow looks cool.

The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.

You deserve better from your entire government, all of us.

I have inquired for most of my adult life, about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent, and I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point.

Teens just understand the world in ways I don't think any of us adults do.

Thou shalt not whine' should be the eleventh commandment.

I'm a much better coach than I was six years ago.

Suffice it to say that black and white are also colors... for their simultaneous contrast is as striking as that of green and red, for instance.