What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

Don't take my hate personal. I hate even myself.

I played bass for a year, but I wasn't getting better at it, so I decided to stop so I could see my friends.

It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the State Department begins.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

I have a double policy, which would also solve immigration: I would stand at the border of New York City and I would say, "You can come here to live, but you can't come here to visit."

I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

The little boy in me always wanted to be a treasure hunter.

If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.

The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'