If the president is the head of the American body politic, Congress is its gastrointestinal tract. Its vast and convoluted inner workings may be mysterious and unpleasant, but in the end they excrete a great deal of material whose successful passage is crucial to our nation's survival. This is Congress's duty.

The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling.

I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything.

The Book of Mormon is so good it makes me f**king angry.

I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.

By working to get away from your circumstance you can make something better of yourself, but there’s no guarantee... But you know what? The joy of it is chasing that dream.

The overwhelming condemnation makes it clear we have made enormous progress in teaching everyone that racism is bad. Where we seem to have dropped the ball... is in teaching people what racism actually is ... which allows people to say incredibly racist things while insisting they would never.