I didn't have the base I needed to win the election

I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican

To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders

What's he doing here anyway? And where is his shirt? I take a quick glance and swallow hard. Never Mind. The shirt can stay gone.

Those eyes had seen people weep, and had cared, and had hurt them again anyway. It’s a look that no human eyes should ever have.

It is a law of the story-teller's art that he does not tell a story. It is the listener who tells it. The story-teller does but provide him with the stimuli.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.

I've kind of looked at my whole career as a spring training invite.

Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.

Shall memory restore The steps and the shore, The face and the meeting place.