As attorney general, Ive had some connection with just about every important public issue in the last eight years in Kentucky. All of the important public issues of the day have, at some point.

I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.

When I finished my term, I thought about running for governor then but decided not to because, frankly, I didn't think I was ready. I wasn't comfortable that I was prepared to do the job.

It’s to your best interest to be patient with your REAL self as you nurture it back into existence." ~ Linda Deir

For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind.

Your motivation should be sincere and your life should be of benefit to some people. That is the main thing. Don't care after my death.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.

I'm no good at being good.

We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

I'm not wanting and I don't live in a hovel, but if you keep your costs low, you can do what you want to do creatively.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.