Home is where you can be yourself.

For, in life, it is in the darkest zones one finds the brightest beauty and the most luminous wisdom.

You see, to find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones. And through the darkest zones there can be no guide. No guide, that is, but courage

Once upon a time, fairy tales were AWESOME!

The oven became hotter and hotter, and Hansel began to sweat. Then a delicious smell wafted to his nostrils. Oh no! he thought. I'm cooking! He sniffed at the air. And I smell delicious!

You see, Hansel and Gretel don’t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut off. Just thought you’d like to know.

There is this weird thing that happens, when you stop worrying so much about what other people think of you...you suddenly start seeing what you think of you.

Maybe I've been wanting the wrong things.

Whether you go your separate ways or stay together, you will continue to witness--against ignorance, against cruelty, and on behalf of all that is beautiful about this strange and crooked world.

There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have. There is a time when a kingdom needs its children.

There is something embarrassing about someone else's grief. It is hard to know what to do around it. The right answer, always, is hugs.

One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.

To know and not to do, is not to know.

Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.

I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.

I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.

It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.

For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.

Genius is an infinite capacity for pain.