“Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.”

I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.

Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.

The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.

I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.

Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.

I anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.

And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.

After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.

It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I’ve done.

You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?

But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.

We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.

There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.

Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.

If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.

Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.

Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.

Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.

You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.

Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons–throw it to some human being or some human idea. They have to.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.