Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

I'm a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so's George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don't mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.

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.

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house

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.