"Soup is to the meal, what the hostesses smile of welcome is to the party. A prelude to the goodness to come."

“If God wanted women to be treated equally to men, he'd have given them penises.”

“Democracy is disruptive... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption.”

“I grew up in the suburbs. I'm an angry suburban nergo. I'm bad in, like, Starbucks. I'll hurt you over a frappuccino.”

“We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.”

“Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.”

Source : "New Day" with Chris Cuomo, edition.cnn.com. August 17, 2016.

“The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.”

“Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life. It means refusing to say or do something that you don't believe is right. Living in truth with other people means that you refuse to stay in any situation where you are unhappy with the behavior of another person. You refuse to tolerate it. You refuse to compromise.”

“What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.”