I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

It's absurd that you know more about your car than you know about your body.

The thing about war is that once it's triggered, it is unyielding in its appetite. And the more it consumes and gorges, the more it wants.

Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.

Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.

Children when they ask you why your mama so funny say she is a poet she don't have no sense

I think good art does come from a dark place.

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.