[Ted] Cruz may have been hoping his reversal would fly under the radar.

If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead. But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

We're in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action.

We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. This is the America in which we currently reside.

Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of this simple, devastating realization define American life.

Donald Trump is not going anywhere. And we see as calculated as these are, he has a knack for telling a certain segment of a base what they want.

Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced.

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin's comments was swift, with veterans and veterans' groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality.

Sometimes we meet folks who appear rather plain, yet when they speak from a heart of service, love, compassion, and wisdom, they instantly become respected favorites.

If you want to build a ship, teach the men to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

The Mollusks—generous hosts when they weren’t trying to kill you.

Since I found you no more cold nights and no more lonely days. Nothing makes me happier than knowing that I will have and hold you for as long as I live.

It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.

We pick our own sorrows out of the joys of other men, and from their sorrows likewise we derive our joys.

The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct.

His heart was simply to big for his body.

Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions