Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

We're a robust democracy here. That's the wonderful thing about this country.

If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty.

No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.