There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

Folks, if you give people things for free, don't blame them for taking them.

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again.

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

False belief is more emotional than true belief

The intrinsic and extrinsic heart is always at odds, so which heart is yours? For one will bask in true joy, while the other lives in self-loathing misery.

Secrets... nothing eats away at love faster.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

Opposition is true friendship.

The opinion of the majority is not lightly to be rejected; but neither is it to be carelessly echoed.

Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.