I wondered if we were put on this earth only to destroy every beautiful thing, to make chaos. Or were we meant to overcome this? Did bad things happen so that goodness could show through in people?

All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.

She's the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

Women are my hobby... every man needs something to keep his hands busy, and I don't have a guitar like Eddie and Michael, or some drums to bash like Alex, so I have to find some friends.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something.

I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

I’d rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.