I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House

It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe.

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.

Don't tell me words don't matter.

It's a free country. I wish it weren't.

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.

If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.

Every true man sir who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life.

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.

And," he continued, his strange smile gleaming, "as I see it, our hearts are not so different in size. I murdered my father. You murdered yours. Is that something you did with a large heart?

There are better mothers than disaster. A native land is the best of all mothers. We American Jews have a native land we love. But it is even better to have a native land who loves us.

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

We humans have always needed rituals to draw like curtains over the chasms of the unknown. Without them we go mad, I think.

When faced without a challenge, make one

I'm very direct. I don't have tantrums. I don't yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.

Cooking is a life skill. We need to eat every day so why not find out about what you're putting into your body?