I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

I'm taking a vow not to advise.

Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I don't have a book,' and they said well it's a well known fact that you have kept diaries.

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