Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

To submit to chance is to reveal the self and its obsessions.

I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

History passes the final judgment.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

We've got to make sure that we have the workers of tomorrow.

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

Don’t let the things of the world distract you. Focus on your purpose.

O thou Sun, send me as far over the earth as is my pleasure and thine, and may I make the acquaintance of good men, but never hear anything of bad ones, nor they of me.

Also, from a technical point of view, as you're standing in front of a microphone all day, it's quite a good idea that I should play a laid back sort of character because if he was too frenetic, I'd be exhausted by lunch!

Rather than just saying, like, 'Your economy is the be all and end all,' I go back to my three roots that I've often said about this being best country for business, the best to raise a family in, and the best to grow old in with a sense of dignity and respect.

Intimidation harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.

My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.

Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.

I think journaling is a key to success. You can set clear goals for yourself. You can start noticing repetitive behavior patterns and see the type of things that keep bothering you, and then you can have a bird's eye view of it.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

I got fed up of listening to bollocks

To help yourself you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake learn from it pick yourself up and move on.

I'm very traditional, believe it or not. My daughters are not allowed to date until they're at least 16 and I'm going to make it 18 for the next one.

What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.

I kind of think of my life as this incredible hurricane of so many adventures. We can all make a difference, and we can all be courageous and believe in ourselves.

One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.

If you share a common ancestor with somebody youre related to them. It doesnt mean that youre going to invite them to the family reunion but it means that you share DNA. I think its fascinating.

Now I know what success is: living your truth, sharing it.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.