We are living longer, and we need to live better.

Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.

The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.

By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.

We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

Great stories changed our heart and penetrated our soul.

Whatever your mind can conceive and can believe, it can achieve

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

A luxury liner is really just a bad play surrounded by water.

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

Objects always meet your obsession. Once you have an obsession, you step on it at every corner.

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.