When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

No woman has an abortion for fun.

It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?

We are making gods out of global celebrities.

To not say all that can be said is the secret of discipline and economy.

Broken doesn't mean we're valued any less, it just means we've loved someone so much and so fiercely that losing them feels like we've lost part of ourselves.

I'm really into extreme sports and just having fun.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.

America, why are your libraries full of tears?

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again. "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking.

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.

The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.