I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

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.

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

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.

Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.

If you participate in a competition, you have a chance to lose. If you don’t participate, you are already a loser.

Be confident, be bold! These are your life greatest strength for success.

Are you sure you don’t have a crazy hairy grandmother in your family?

As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.

Why even moon a sorority girl if they can't see the swingy egg bag part of it?

Maybe the star doesnt even exist any more.Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.

Sleep well, and stay where I put you.

The thing about Uggs is that they're so comfortable. Once you've worn them, you don't want to go back.

Life is beautiful. It's about giving. It's about family.