Would [Betsy DeVos] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she has.

I am not a Jew for Jesus but I am definitely a Jew for Christmas. Christmas is one of the best things you Christians have given us, along with mac and cheese, Bono, croquet and politeness.

One of the frustrations about the modern world is that we don't even have a good vocabulary to describe our state. The word sentiment sounds mushy. [...] Sentiment is not mushy.

People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.

I want to limit the effects of the power of donors, no question about it.

Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.