To claim the mantle of purity is always a risky business. It just gives an excuse to be disillusioned once your ordinary humidity is exposed.

College was at the heart of his sentimental imagination.

Presidents are also always storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies.

Politics is motion." John Sears

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises.

An anti-politician is hardly an anti-politician once he starts winning and works to close the deal by working to sew up the Establishment.

He talks to people's grievances, but he doesn't seem mad. – Elizabeth Drew

Now even reformers needed political machines.

Do what you are doing. Monastic motto

Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure.

Explore the extent of love.

One choice changes everything. The right choice changes your world.

Priorities and purpose help keep us on track.

My guess is more reporters probably vote Democrat than Republican - just because I think reporters are smart.

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

It is never a mistake to say good-bye.

Selfishly I'd like to have invisibility because I've always wanted to go into other people's houses and see what they look like and just watch them interact.

I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.

I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.

I'm only me when I'm with you.