Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.

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.

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

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters

What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

It must be fundamentally wrong to reduce production of food and fiber while one-third of our population is still ill fed and ill clothed.

These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales.

A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.

I needed to feed my family. I read a couple of the episodes. How can you keep on doing the same thing?

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.

History is something that never happened told by someone who wasn't there.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.