It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.

Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.