We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature — or go insane.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain.

“Everyone has a home but me.” 

“we don’t know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But” 

“Our current plight is not made inevitable by human nature. What once was could be again—in a new way.” 

“I began to sense that a big part of our problem is simple ignorance of what the oldest cultures have to teach.” 

“the clearest view is always from the bottom. Kennedy” 

“I sometimes wonder if I am crisscrossing my father's ghostly paths and we are entering same towns or roadside diners or the black ribbons of highways that gleam in the night rain. As if we were images in a time-lapse photograph.” 

“It was the first time I witnessed the ancient and modern magic of groups in which anyone may speak in turn, everyone must listen, and consensus is more important than time.” 

“Altogether, I can't imagine technology replacing bookstores completely, any more than movies about a country replace going there.” 

“In fact, caucus, a word derived from the Algonquin languages, better reflected the layers of talking circles and the goal of consensus that were at the heart of governance.” 

“You can travel without traveling, and you can not travel -- yet travel. Being on the road is a state of mind.” 

“Then, as if in answer to a riddle posed years before, you will realize that this growth came from seeds you planted or watered or carried from place to place—and you’ll be rewarded in the way that we as communal beings need most: you’ll know you made a difference.” 

“people in the same room understand and empathize with each other in a way that isn’t possible on the page or screen.” 

“Beware of any motto that glorifies the past. It’s code for restoring hierarchy. For example: “Make America great again.” 

The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face.

Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.

When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.

I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people.

I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry.

The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes.

I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing.

I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself.

Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28?