Where there's life, there's hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot.

I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my height--teenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature.

I don't know anything about press conferences." "Oh, just Google it. I'm sure someone's written an article on holding a successful one. I mean, if the President can manage it, I'm sure you can. He looks like he can barely tie his shoes without help.

My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart.

It's our goddamed city! It's our goddamed country. No terrorist can take it from us for so long as we're free. Once we're not free, the terrorists win! Take it back! You're young enough and stupid enough not to know that you can't possibly win, so you're the only ones who can lead us to victory! Take it back!

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning!