The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.

If Shakespeare had been in pro basketball, he never would have had time to write his soliloquies. He would have always been on a plane between Phoenix and Kansas City.

There was nothing ordinary about Hank Gathers. He was a walking thunderbolt.

The Google self and the Facebook self, in other words, are pretty different people. There's a big difference between "you are what you click" and "you are what you share.

In his arms, I slowly unfolded like a love note read in secret.

Life is like a curve, horizontally or vertically, we are at origin point

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Everybody wanna be a super dad and the best dad ever, but sometimes, I'm just realizing that I'm not perfect.

Neoliberalism isn't an economic program - it's a political program designed to produce hopelessness and kill any future alternatives.

Spectroscopy can probably answer the question, 'Is there anybody out there?' Are we alone?

My dad used to say 'Always fight fire with fire,' which is probably why he got thrown out of the the fire brigade.

I love painting still lifes because there's a feeling of musical, flowing experience. The drawing doesn't matter as much - what you're really after is a feeling of clarity and beauty.

Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too.