I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.

I always wonder when it was that I was embraced.

People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.

I've learned a long time ago, you don't say anything for absolutely certain.

I was first in my family to go to college.

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.

I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS.