"There’s no Democratic way to run a city and there’s no Republican way to run a city -- just the right way to run a city."

“I don't eat bad stuff too much but I have my glass of wine as I am French and it would be insulting not to.”

“All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.”

“Peter Joseph is asking the questions and proposing the possible solutions that we should be demanding from the elected leaders of this crazy world. His brilliant analysis of this ridiculous system we're operating under is one of the most important voices for change in this generation.”

“The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.”

“When you say you'll meet someone at 11:00 AM, be there at 10:45. When you promise a check on the 30th, send it on the 28th. Whatever you agree to do, do it a bit more. Start with your employees, then extend it to everyone you deal with. News will soon get around that you are a person of your word.”

“I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really good at talking about material things, really bad at talking about emotions, really good at stuff we can count, really bad at the deeper stuff that actually drives behavior.”

Source : "David Brooks: From Spouses to Sofas, Emotions Tell Us What to Value". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. March 8, 2011.

“Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?”

Source : Maximilien Robespierre (2007). “Virtue and Terror”, New Left Books

“When I hear Christians say, "I don't do this, and I don't do that, and I am following a set of rules," I immediately recognize that they know very little about the grace of God. They are trying to live the Christian life in their own strength. But Paul says, "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus."”

Source : J. Vernon McGee (1984). “Genesis through Revelation”, p.7767, Thomas Nelson