"I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised."

"The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition."

"The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is."

"The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home."

"Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice."

"Here is what we know after more than a decade of Republican rule: Texas works. Even 'The New York Times' let it slip into its pages that, 'Texas is the future.'"

"The tapestry of existence shows us that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people."