“Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of ref...” — Lincoln Steffens Quote

“Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.”

“Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.”

“My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.”

“I quit law school in 1990 and started doing stand up in Boston.”

“I have been a policymaker proven in tackling some very complex social issues on the municipal level here in Boston.”

“I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.”