"Take out the kernel of spiritual truth with any faith, and what is left is dogma."

“I look for the kind of text that doesn't look like the writer I'm considering. Plutarch is a great example.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“Survival often feels like an indignity.”

“It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.”

“The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by the laws of civilized nations,-he is the rightful and exclusive owner of the land which he tills, is, by the constitution of our nature, under a wholesome influence, not easily imbibed from any other source.”

“And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.”

“Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.”

Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.8, Penguin

“If you get sick, America, the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly.”

Source : "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. September 30, 2009.

“Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household.”