Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?'

Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year.

I'm not a proselytizer. I was raised Catholic. I am a Catholic.

A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change.

The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep it as close to slavery as they can without violating the slave laws.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.