"Memories began swarming in, vivid and impatient, like a litter of little mice."

“It takes all sorts (to make a world”

“I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance to see these issues determined by open courts. Today, a secret program authorized by a secret court was, when exposed to the light of day, found to violate Americans' rights. It is the first of many.”

“Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven."”

“You can't win a majority mandate unless you get back 60 per cent of the votes between the ages of 18 and 35. It's a fact.”

“I love Southeast Asia. As a child, I lived in that part of the world. My first time in Burma was in 1958 with my parents.”

Source : "Soft (Drink) Power". Interview with Ian Bremmer, foreignpolicy.com. April 29, 2013.

“An overgenerous reinsurance policy for an underachieving people.”

“I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.”

“We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.”