Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

Give people a chance.

It is impossible to credit one gender with every good and perfect gift without slighting the other. That’s what extreme diversity does to us.

a good product is not the secret to success

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

Close up your head; your brain is getting loose.

You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks.

My family is very theatrical.

I like it that we all get to choose differently.

I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.

Justice William Brennan stated that the phrase 'under God' in our Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional because it no longer has a religious purpose or meaning.