Life is filled with trapdoors.

Lust: Which senator once reached for a handkerchief in his pocket and proceeded to wipe his brow with a pair of women's panties?

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.

She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

We all live best in our imaginations.

I came here to peacefully show you the way to peace.

Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.

I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.

For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.

You know what I love about Haruki Murakami's books? He's so easy to read. You get three pages in and you have to finish the whole thing.

I just thank God I don't live in a trailer.

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.