A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available.

I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war.

Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.

One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

You don't need absolute knowledge to have reliable knowledge

Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down.

There's music that can affect people in their lives, and they will always relate to the point that they heard it and experienced it, either if you're playing it or you're receptive, as an audience.

All men would be masters of others, and no man is lord of himself.

I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.

A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.

He [Jimmy Carter] says his lust is in his heart. I hope it's a little lower.