I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

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.

Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.

We are not taught that hardship is the anvil upon which we are beaten into beauty. We are not taught that some of our greatest moments are some of our most difficult.

The gifts of an honorable, well-lived life are in those who will miss you once you're gone.

Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.

If Nightcloud were a gentle, loving cat like Leafpool, or feisty and warmhearted like Squirrelflight, it would be easier to feel sorry for her.

A fool with a tool is still a fool.

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

You must learn to see the world as being produced by evolution; as a something which is evolving and becoming, not as a finished work.

We have started calling him grandfather.