The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

We will establish a new system that makes high-quality health care available to every American in a dignified manner and at a price he can afford.

I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.