When i respect people they think that i'm powerless...

The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

I come from a family of very strong women, women who have endured very tough lives in hopes of a better one for their children.

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.

It's the last best trick of a losing Democrat, is to accuse the Republicans of racism.

Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.

If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return.

I've spent thousands of hours under water. And even in the deepest dive I have ever made, 2.5 miles (about 4 kilometers) down, I saw trash and other tangible evidence of our presence.