I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

Some lives, conducted with grace, are beautiful arcs bridging this world to eternity.

The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality.

Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs.

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith, hope, and joy.

The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another.