I got a chance to be in a society where the barriers between classes - social and economic - are not insuperable, where money is not everything all the time.

We've been taught in America that big is best. That's why people have to believe that they must live in the greatest country in the world, which is absolutely idiotic.

I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come.

I was really worn down by an American society that is racist, smugly blind to it, and hugely self-satisfied.

Where does a black soul go to rest?

People need their history like they need air and food.

We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is to die many deaths.

I've never had any trouble opposing people I've been close to. I've never worried about offending or bothering people I feel strongly about.

Something is very, very wrong with American culture. The signs are everywhere. I think the country is in almost terminal descent.

Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world.

I think the evangelicals want to provoke an immense global disaster to precipitate the second coming of Christ.

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

To put a dreamer in their place isn’t dreaming.

If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory!

Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.

We are going to deal with DACA with heart.

We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation.

Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.

We cannot break God's laws - but we can break ourselves against them.

My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.