I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement - put me in, Coach.

By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

I'm the tortoise in the race, but I'm a joyful tortoise.

If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language.

We can grow economically and restore America's leadership in the world, so that everybody has a chance to rise up.

The progressive and liberal mindset believes that to every problem there is a Washington, D.C., solution.

To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted

We are not, and never need be, alone.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.

I know the police cause you trouble They cause trouble everywhere But when you die and go to Heaven You'll find no policemen there.

It takes a profound hypocrisy to try to reconcile for others things that you can't reconcile for yourself.

Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.

No one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.

People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen.

Hopefully, we learn to appreciate hip-hop here so that it doesn't go the way of jazz.