“This isn't the kind of story where understanding makes you smart, or not understanding makes you dumb.”
“The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no?Doesn't that make life a story?”
“Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important. ”
“What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don’t need to make smart decisions—if they can get rich making dumb decisions?”
“Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.”
“My dear, how can I make you perceive that there is no danger where there is nothing but love and understanding?”