Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout President of the postwar period.

For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating.

I'm okay, you're okay - in small doses.

The only thing a true introvert dislikes more than talking about himself is repeating himself.

Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematically screening them in.

After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression.

Many actors, I've read, are introverts, and many introverts, when socializing, feel like actors.

In science we kill our hypothesis instead of each other.

Donald Trump didn't cause chaos. Chaos caused Trump.

In a liberal scientific society, to claim that you are above error is the height of irresponsibility.

We don't have a crisis of leadership in Washington. We have a crisis of followership.

Beauty becomes beautiful only when it is shared with others.

This instant which I cannot leave, which locks me in and limits me on every side, this instant I am made of will be no more than a confused dream.

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.

The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.

The problem was to get judges who were not afraid to prosecute Saddam despite intimidation and threats.

Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom.

The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.

Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love.