Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is.

The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.

If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?

Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.

We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.

If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.

The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.

Know the true value of time snatch seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Self-esteem isn't everything it's just that there's nothing without it.

Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.

If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.

I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we'd not only have fewer parking tickets, we'd also have much less driving.

I submit that scientists have not yet explored the hidden possibilities of the innumerable seeds, leaves and fruits for giving the fullest possible nutrition to mankind.

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.