Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.

In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

Gift ain't what you take by effort, as swag ain't what you worthy have.

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.

I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!

Every Man is the Architect of his own Fortunes, but the Neighbours superintend the Construction.

For each inclosed spirit is a star Enlightening his own little sphere

Too hard for MTV, not black enough for BET, just let me be.

Come with me somewhere. Please. I've been waiting eight months to talk to you

It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.

Tender words we spoke to one another are sealed in the secret vaults of heaven. One day like rain, they will fall to earth and grow green all over the world.

Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.