The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and whether you frost it or not is up to you.

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.