The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

I look at 'The New York Review of Books.' It's what it has been for 35 or 40 years, which is a highly sophisticated vehicle for anti-American self-hatred.

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't.

Fas est ab hoste doceri.One should learn even from one's enemies.

If you want to be strong, smile! He who can smile, even when he's so sad that he wants to die, when it's so painful that he wants to give it all up and run away, is the one who becomes strong.

I learn everyday what it means to love myself, and I'm constantly figuring out what makes me feel empowered.

The real church is comprised of a long list of "formers" who collectively work together for world reform.

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.

She takes your voice and leaves you howling at the moon.

I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'

The peculiar fascination of the brain lies in the fact that there is probably no other object of scientific enquiry about which we know at once so much and yet understand so little.

I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

What do drunkards do? They... drink... themselves... to... death.