You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.

The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top

My lips are chapped from the winds of change.

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.

History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.

Most stories are based on something real.

It is so easy to have our eyes opened, but then close them again, pretend it never happened, and go back to doing what has always been done.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

Honestly, I'm a shallow performer. I just go with the text and feel my way around it. There's not a whole lot of shaping.

Political Economy means that everybody except politicians must be economical.

Love--the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world.

My interest in my work dies a sudden and violent death when the work is done.

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

Furthermore, a pattern was beginning to emerge: nutrients from animal-based foods increased tumor development while nutrients from plant-based foods decreased tumor development.