Half of me knows too much to be carefree. But the other half knows enough to be grateful.

I don't like cheap shots, I really don't.

But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious misconduct, you don't wait until the Thursday before the Tuesday. You run it early.

Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.

Everybody knows I'm a Democrat.

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.

Loyalty isn't standing by someone when he's right - that's good judgment. Loyalty is standing by someone when he's wrong.

One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent — people who are glad when we have killed the time we are trying so hard to save.

Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.

I’ll tell you, but it’s a whole book.

During each encounter, ask yourself: How does this incident bring greater awareness into my life?

My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

It's hard to discipline yourself not to explain yourself or apologize.

To each person, their own way of death - with dignity.

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994.

You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.