“If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.”

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

The moment you say, ‘I want to do a role,’ the story suffers. I don’t set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Clinton’s an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was six.

When you’re fighting for economic and social justice, you’re always fighting for the minority.

Instability mostly comes from the interface between the fact that the banks (or shadow banks) can create credit, money, and purchasing power in infinite quantities

Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.