The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969.

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

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.

Send these images of me through the internet out into the universe, where I will continue my out-of-body existence.

You won’t solve your problems by drowning others in them.

You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.

As soon as I walk through the door and see my family and the dogs, I feel relaxed.

I used her and she used me, but neither one cared, we were getting our share.

[My ideal] is being able to be outdoors, have a labor intensive life, and then have this other life, where I hop on a plane and go sing to people in Norway.

But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?

I actually love diving at night; you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.