The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Some of them behave in princely fashion, become legitimate heroes to us all. And some are jerks.

Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. We human beings are best understood one at a time.

I'm very optimistic. I think if you would describe me, my pretty consistent affect is that I'm a pretty happy person.

what we call things matters. ... The words we use, and how we perceive those words, reflect how we value, or devalue, people, places, and things.

Whether talking about addiction, taxation [on cigarettes] or education [about smoking], there is always at the center of the conversation an essential conundrum: How come we're selling this deadly stuff anyway?