"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."

"The secrecy hasn't been enforced because the government thinks people are going to freak out when they find we're not alone in the universe... what will be shocking is the scandal of the last 50 years…"

"All religions are in their nature kind and benign, and united with principles of morality. They could not have made proselytes at first by professing anything that was vicious, cruel, persecuting, or …"

"Ultimately, what we're doing is giving people confidence. We're probably the only people who have an opinion, who care how ordinary people dress. No one at Vogue magazine gives a shit. They work with …"

"Impeachment is a political process, but it has a legal frame of reference... ne of the things we try to do in our book... is explain how law and politics interact in this process, and... if you forget…"