moral voices can also become sanctimonious bullies.

America’s education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequity from one generation to the next.

When we have a narrative in mind, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it.

My take is that the optimal approach to food, for health and ethical reasons, may be vegetarianism.

The Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, is in northwestern India near the Pakistani border, and it is a delightful place to contemplate the draw of faith.

The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.

A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility.

When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts.

You have to read between the lines, I saw it all in her eyes before her actions came to life, and it’s what wisdom is all about

I have a lot of friends who, especially in Tennessee, were looking forward to getting married who wanted to wait until it was legal in the state that they live in to get married.

We don't believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.

Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve to draft me number one.

I just . . . knew, the way you know how to breathe or to pull your hand back from a hot stove.

Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.

Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

Wealthy people don't even pay taxes. But everybody must pay taxes.

Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.