You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement.

Thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living.

I wish I had spent more time at the office.

This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young.

Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

Breastroke is an athletic event, butterfly is a political statement.

No one on his deathbed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time on my business."

My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.

You cannot be pro-jobs and anti-business at the same time. You cannot love employment and hate employers.

That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth.

Never dwell in resentment, but never forget to learn from the reflection.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.

Sometimes people come to heal your pain and end up by giving you bit more of that

The Phoenix rises in the absence or need of witness.

Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.

A story must simmer in its own juice for months or even years before it's ready to serve.

Italy is not widely thought of as a pioneer of youth culture in the way, say, the UK is.

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.

You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.

[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.