By trying to do too much, you risk not doing enough.

The biggest political change in my lifetime is that Americans no longer assume that their children will have it better than they did. This is a huge break with the past, with assumptions and traditions that shaped us.

I was sailing from tedium to apathy with a side trip to torpor.

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it.