You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.

A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day.

I am a Catholic. I can't say that without pointing out that I oppose abortion with all my heart and soul. Bill Clinton wanted them safe and rare. Barack Obama is heartsick that so many people he knows have had abortions. But we're all pro-choice and believe in reproductive freedom and oppose the Republicans' War on Women.

Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.

It's easy being vice president - you don't have to do anything.

We were never motorheads. We knew fast cars. We knew how to siphon gas - me - charge the battery when it was down. But never hot-wired a car.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.