"Kenny Shanker burns with boppish abandon."

“Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.”

“I will ask questions that are so wide and open they will feel the need to speak for a week. Then from the information that they give to me, I will mould solutions designed specifically for them.”

“It's not everyday that a whistleblower is actually willing to be identified.”

Source : "Tomgram: Laura Poitras and Tom Engelhardt, The Snowden Reboot". Interview with Tom Engelhardt, www.tomdispatch.com. October 19, 2014.

“Building great public schools and universities, a strong health care system, including keeping the Affordable Care Act, and then an economy that works well for people so that when they put in a hard day's work, they can support themselves and their family members. Those are the fundamentals that have distinguished America from other nations in the world.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.”

“It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.”

“What have you done? What have you given up?' So many things, Cecily. More than you know.”

“It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose ... Homo faber, Homo sapiens, I pay my respects to both, for they tend to merge.”