To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate.

The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.

People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness.

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.

We are all stumblers, and the beauty and meaning of life are in the stumbling.

Recovering from suffering is not like recovering from a disease. Many people don't come out healed; they come out different.

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know too that they need the conversation.

It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

There is a virtue in shamelessness.

Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.

It's gratifying when younger women come up and say, 'I went to law school because of you.' My heart swells; then it's like, wait, are you glad, or do you blame me?

I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.

When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes or premises.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

When I found the book was condemned as soon as the book was printed, or rather as soon as it was set up ready to print, I held it in plates for a year nearly, waiting to see what would come out of all this discussion.

Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks.

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

I believe veganism can be beneficial for the individual and the world, and of course the animal, but belief is like laying in the dark with someone and telling them you love them and hearing nothing back. So I've never had the confidence to get on a soapbox and tell someone else what to do.

When I left 'Downton Abbey,' it hadn't yet taken off and become the phenomenon that it is, to this day. That all happened after I left. But, it was fabulous to be a part of it and to be a part of the cast. We had an absolute ball!

The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.

Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.

One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer.

I completely believe that I will produce my best work and my best work will come in my thirties.

I did an episode of 'Entourage.' I played Morgan - I think it was season three or season four. It was actually my third audition, and it was my first big job.

When you look at that period when Warhol and the Velvets and the Stones were doing things, it was this intersection of art and music. And then it went away.

'Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, 'Peace, Peace,' as much as they likes - I know it's goin' to be war!

Flowers are happy things.

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.

Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

Oh man, I like Chevys.

Survival is an ancient dream life is nothing but an everlasting illusion nothing is real don't believe in illusion, Remember me, I am here.

I like wearing scarves in my hair because they make me look put together without taking a lot of time.

Film and television are so piecemeal. You do one scene, and then you put it to bed, and then you do a scene that comes before. In a play, you have to go from beginning to end every night, and that's harder, but also more fulfilling in a way.