Work harder than everybody. You're not going to get it by whining, and you're not going to get it by shouting, and you're not going to get it by quitting. You're going to get it by being there.

For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.

I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.