One of the first things every press secretary assures you is, the boss has a wonderful sense of humor, because not to have a sense of humor is considered flagrantly un-American.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

There's nothing wrong with being organized.Things that change history tend to be organized.

You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.

John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command save one has stood with him.

You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.

She opened her eyes and touched her lips, as though he had just kissed them. She could taste him.

I've been alone since my mom met Scott.He sucked the nectar from her heartlike a famished butterfly. No nurture, no nourishment left for Kristina.A vacation is a poor substitutefor love.

I had the brief notion that his heart, pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper, lay in this file. It was a very thin one.

Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.

It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans.

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.

I am a dork in disguise; I love doing stupid stuff.

Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.

When we give it all, we can live with ourselves - regardless of the results.