I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

To sit on the stile would be to continue a familiar existence. To cross the stile would be to begin something new.

Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.

Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.

I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.

No matter what the level of funding or success may be, there's always money missing, and you still want to have a gorgeous image, an endless cast and a flawless rendering.

I think we're much more comfortable with women as policy makers.We're not there yet, but the comfort zone is much wider than it was when I came.

Believe that others are better than you in the debths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.

Whose cruel idea was it for the word “lisp” to have an “s” in it?

Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.