I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

Ray Charles

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

Marco Rubio

Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble.

Charles Horton Cooley

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Plato

A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement -- in a word, with more renunciation than you care for -- and so you flee the contagion.

Victor Hugo

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

Elisabeth Shue

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

Albert Einstein

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

Joseph Joubert

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.

Francis Bacon

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.

Gregg Easterbrook

I feel like I'm working on an oil rig right now. I'm away from home a lot.

Hugh Laurie