You've got some power, " Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!

What you did was not only very kind, but brave and honorable.

America is laughing her way to Hell.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling.

It is not only individuals peoples too cannot live merely for themselves. The whole world must be redeemed.

The human body is an amazing organism. It can go from dead tired to completely alert in a terrified blink.

Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense?

Modern poets mix too much water with their ink. [Ger., Neuere Poeten thun viel Wasser in die Tinte.]

You didn't have to work to keep your fear up, your energy up, or your anxiety. It is all kind of built into the process.

I would describe my style of songwriting as classic. I learned very early on and have stuck to the core principles of song structure regardless of which genre I'm writing in.