“Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time th...”

“I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.”

“Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.”

“She asked if I loved another woman, so I answered honestly and said, Dinner was great, but I could go for dessert.”

“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.”

“Poppy: What makes you think I'm having dinner with you?Jake: Because you can't sit in your room and eat ice cream and chips two nights in a row. You'll get scurvy. You need vitamin C.”

“I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.”

“Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.”

“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”