Blaise Pascal

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.