[God] is a kind of perpetual critique of instrumental reason.

Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness.

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

Women are the glue that holds our day-to-day world together.

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting

Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong.

I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.

Kanye [West] is the hardest person to buy something for.

The argument for the free market is a complicated and sophisticated one and depends on demonstration of secondary effects. I have confidence market efficiency will win out.

Reason tends to check selfish impulses and to grant the satisfaction of legitimate impulses in others.

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.