I believe that the primary role of the government is to protect people and not run their lives. You used to be able to believe that in the Democratic Party.

It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of the left hemisphere can leave people with no articulate speech other than the ability to swear, spout cliches and song lyrics.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more?

If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.