The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.

Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.

Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.