I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher

Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

We don't want to go back to the same policies and practicies that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led to this catastrophe. We keep moving forward.

I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.

I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations

I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off.

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today, a competitive marketplace - that's an idea that both sides embrace.

I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn't have had it if the president hadn't acted are better off.

I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in January of 2009. And it's going to take some time to work through it.

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

You got infinite channels and limitless rhymes, but the riddles of livin' stay undefined?

When words remain unspoken and emotions are left unexpressed, just a glint in the eyes from otherness can inflame the mind and rouse a shower of empathy. ("Only needed a light ")

If you can intuit well, you're essentially meeting the future faster.

The New York Times credited me with the rediscovery and revival of red velvet cake. I consider this as one of my great life achievements.

The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

Feminism is one way of attacking society as it now exists.

There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.

If there's a demand of being together in a certain way, those expectations and judgements take away from that space and create an edginess and a cramped-ness to the relationship.