The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.

I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.

There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

Now is the time to move this country forward.

To manifest the beauty of life, think beauty, dream beauty, and see the beauty in the simple things all around you.

Love can smack you like a seagull, and pour all over your feet like junk mail.

Miracles happen every day. They bubble up from their hidden source, surround us with opportunities and disappear.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.

Without big words, how could many people say small things?

Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.

It's strange what the heart can do when the mind is giving the directions.

Even among the elite, in government circles, technological culture is somewhat deficient.

There is nothing but is related to us, nothing that does not interest us,--kingdom, college, tree, horse, or iron show,--the rootsof all things are in man.