History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could be deafened by the cries of the poor.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out brains to make room for it.

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

My last page is always latent in my first; but the intervening windings of the way become clear only as I write.

Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.

We're looking at available sources, all sources, in the area of additional energy.

All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world.

I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.

I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian may die.

I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!