Hubert H. Humphrey

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

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.

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all the nuances of friendship and finding things out about their lives without it being too much plot-driven.