I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.

An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed

My father was not a political animal.

I know I have the mental capacity of a thousand bloggers, but because of that, my obligation to serve God is also that of a thousand bloggers

Do we really want a society in which the stigma of going on the dole has been erased?

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

People have to eat and it's good to have a last-resort dole they can turn to.

I'm not anti-immigration.

Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions?

I don't have any particular beef with Barbara Boxer. My beef is with the official Democratic doctrine that anybody who reaches Boxer's position has to spout and has to endorse.

Ezra Klein gets under my skin. He seems to spout the party line.

She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she is now, and she'll waste all the rest of her life trying to stay that age.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play tomorrow because she such an extraordinary actress.

When you look at good governance, you also need to look at how you approach the subject.

A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement.

There is no exit from the circle of one's beliefs.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

Whatever you choose, do it fully-with passion and childlike enthusiasm.

Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.

Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change.