In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government ever devised.

I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

The job of the president of the United States is not to love his wife; it's to manage a wide range of complicated issues.

Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.

The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me.

I make sacrifices in reward of trinkets for my gilded cage.

Is this how it is for a species that senses it is going extinct? Is there a feeling of loneliness, or unease, each morning, upon awakening?

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

America has never forgotten - and never will forget - the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path...

I never let any of my sons beat me at video games.

Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet.

No; that doesn't interest me.' 'That's because you never read a book about it.

My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.

There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence.

One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.