As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.

There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

Now is the time to move this country forward.

A man can work from sun to sun, But a woman's work is never done.

A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money.

You learn more about life from watching 'Big Brother' than from reading a book.

Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame.

Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future

The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.

You really think all of those indie music dorks go to SXSW every year to check out music? They go there to wear their laminates and act important and try to get laid.

But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell.

When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food.