I was told that Federalist Society conventions were intellectually serious, courteous, and open to various points of view, and that has certainly been my experience.

It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in large measure on a healthy mistrust of the state.

Loving-kindness challenges those states that tend to arise when we think of ourselves as isolated from everyone else—fear, a sense of deficiency, alienation, loneliness.

I improve in misquotation.

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.

A big ethical question is what happens after people stop using the device. Does it degrade the environment? Could it have been designed so it would actually be good for the environment?

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

It's well known that I play aggressively. When I'm not doing that, I'm not doing my job.

What's great about stand-up unlike athletes and other things when you get old you get old and rusty.

Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.

The fact that I still want the best for the world is kind of amazing. People slandered me for years and years and years. I would say to them, "Thanks for having a closed mind".