I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that: it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns.

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

What kind of impression are you leaving on people? Activate the ability for your first impression and last impression!

No man can deny the reality of kingdom of God because its laws are programmed within them

it’s more important to struggle with a question than to come up with an answer.

I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum.

The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.

Great heart will not be denied.

Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.

In the museums, everything is in quotation marks.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.