There's Hobbes, who understood in the 1640s that the sovereign is not an appointee of God, or even a figure of superior virtue and wisdom, but just a….

When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's like that story touches every person's….

I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend t….

I've bumped into at least three people in town who all insist 'Winter's Bone' is about them..

Prague is not, strictly speaking, travel writing but it is, among other things, an excellent example of what travel writing is becoming, if indeed it….

My way of fitting in was through jokes and making people laugh..

I think Welfare Reform did more harm than good, but one piece of good it did was it changed the attitudes of Americans. If we look at voter surveys e….

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business..

I will reveal to the American people over and over and over again the Clinton way, say what you have to say to get elected, lie as long as you can ge….

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters..

Jesus’ message of the Kingdom of God is the announcement by word and deed that God is acting and manifesting dynamically his redemptive will in histo….

Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting..

I think people are always looking for a good comedy..

In America, the most important thing is that people have freedom. In restricted countries, the most important thing is what people do with freedom..

Sales fixes everything..

I'm sure there are people who can toggle quickly from all-in caregiving to structured socializing, but I can't think of any offhand..

If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking leaks into yours. So w….

You have to respect people's suffering. To deny that the world is unfair and painful for most of the people living in it would be false and judgmenta….

It's always amazing to me the idiosyncrasies people end up disliking others for..

The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined ….

Each one of us was harmed by being brought into existence. That harm is not negligible, because the quality of even the best lives is very bad—and co….