People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it.

Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist.

And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

Scandal has a thousand stringers; good news doesn't know the editor's phone number.

It is a mistake to suppose that requiring the nonmathematical to take more advanced math courses will enhance their understanding and not merely exacerbate their sense of inadequacy.

It's always illegitimate for white men to organize as white men.

For the first time she knew and loved the Spirit of good and beauty, an affinity to which affords the greatest bliss that our nature can receive.

And just when you’d think [humans] were more malignant than ever Hell could be, they occasionally showed more grace than Heaven ever dreamed of.

I remembered what it was like to die-the pain, the fear, the doubt, and the unknown. Somehow I had cheated death once. Now I was about to try again.

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.

Getting old we can deal with. Being old is the problem

When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.

dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence.