It's not that we don't care--it's just that that we'd prefer not to get involved.

Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a few glasses of wine, a freak in the bedroom.

Americans today confuse freedom with not being asked to sacrifice. The fact that you can't have everything you want exactly when you want it has somehow become un-American.

But females in even the most advanced Muslim countries are simply, by law, not the equal of men.

Just like in the workplace, women who are good workers are the best workers.

The real axis of evil in America is the genius of our marketing and the gullibility of our people.

We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.

I hate stupidity, but what I hate even more is when people actually brag about it.

I don't respect thinking that is dangerous, prejudicial, childish, and could get me killed.

We're a complacent society, hard to get riled up in the first place, and then when we do, it's misdirected.

Brave Americans in past wars didn't die for the actual flag--they died for the freedom it represents, including the freedom to burn it.

Resign your destiny to higher powers.

Samuel FB Morse's SECOND question over the telegraph was, "Have you any news?

Kill me with love but dont love me with lie

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.

My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics.

Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution.

I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them.

It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.