I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world

Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.

I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.

We don’t need more ‘What if the mother is going to die’ debated, we need ‘I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice and my right. I own it. Back the f@#( up.

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.

Elves don't shimmer

It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.

One cannot actualize his goals until he visualizes them clearly in the minds eye

I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.

The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.

..this feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin.

If people hate me they hate me.

The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.