Disease does not recognize congressional districts or party affiliation.

If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter.

If our children are healthy, they'll develop into their full potential and become wonderful tax-paying citizens sometime.

We have federal standards for everything in America except the one thing you need most - your health.

LEADERSHIP is your org chart turned upside down.

The melodious song mesmerized me and cloaked my soul in a most liberating embrace I had never known. The emotion enveloped me, and smothered the emptiness.

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

I don’t think there should be apps specific to a tablet…if someone makes an ICS app it’s going to run on phones and it’s going to run on tablets.

Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created.

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.

The soul of man createth its own destiny.

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.

It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.