“Better our evil empire than theirs.”

“Doubt is the hill that hope climbs. Without it our spirits atrophy."Better to be Hamlet than President George, Salon, 1/7, 2007”

“If God is the Creator of all things and evil is a thing, then God is the Creator of evil and He is to be blamed for its existence. No, evil is not a thing but a wrong choice, or the damage done by a wrong choice. Evil is no more a positive thing than blindness is, but it is just as real.”

“Beh oui. Better sticky than burned.”

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”

“I'd like nothing better than to say that I was not afraid of Islam.”

“When we grow up," she said, "we'll have amazing families. Our dens will be better than this. Your kids and my kids will play together in a humongous room with every kind of toy and game.""Except I won't have kids," Dan said. "I'll come over myself and play...”