If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on.

If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on.

We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it.

For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy.

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.

Let me be clear. I support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

I'm not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street.

Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary.

Any time the president talks, you listen.

When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse.

A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to win the War on Terrorism.

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow.

I was definitely a late bloomer.

People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8 years old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them.

We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other.

I'm so drastically independent; I don't tend to flourish in relationships.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.

The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.

I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day.

If you care about your product, you should care just as much about how you describe it.

The biggest message I have for young women is, Don't start cutting off branches of your career tree unnecessarily early. Sometimes women say, I know I want to have a family or play in the local symphony, and they start pulling themselves out of their career path. You don't have to take yourself out of the running before you even start.

There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.

Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.

What Trump represents is a restoration - a restoration of true American capitalism.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest.

Belief is a toxic and dangerous attitude toward reality. After all, if it's there it doesn't require your belief- and if it's not there why should you believe in it?

Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.

Do you think I'm wandering around all day thinking, 'I must write a song called 'Three Coins In The Fountain'?' Only an idiot would do that.

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.