Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

A territory is only possessed for a moment in time.

Imagine all the wondrous things your arms might embrace if they weren't wrapped so tightly around your struggles.

A camera is just like a woman, as long as you have one of them hanging around your neck....life is just fine

I'm grateful for everything. I'm grateful for my health, and I'm so grateful for the love in my life.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

We are changed souls; we don't look at things the same way anymore. For there was a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised again.

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.

Part of our good consists in the endeavor to do sorrows away, and in the power to sustain them when the endeavor fails,--to bear them nobly, and thus help others to bear them as well.