Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech.

One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.

Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is.

I served. And now it's time for the new man to serve. I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007

Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country.

I'm the master of low expectations.