“You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”

“Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.”

“Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.”

“In this life, you should read everything you can read. Taste everything you can taste. Meet everyone you can meet. Travel everywhere you can travel. Learn everything you can learn. Experience every...”

“There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.”

“The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the creation of those suicide terrorists, is Israel and the difficulty with the Palestinian issue.”

“Oh, she said. Yes. She was warm with the wine, with the shape of the plan shed begun to form, and could not keep the merriment from her voice, the joy of reaching out into the world and altering it...”

“For every purpose there is a plan”

“Success is when everything that goes wrong, fits in your plan.”

“Merciful Father.... I have squandered my days with plans of many things.This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only, to live the next few minutes well.For all we ought to have thought a...”

“The best plans are always the simplest.”

“Yeah, and we could fly in on dragons and release a cloud of sugar plum fairies to tiptoe in an get the watch.”