I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

I am blunt when I want to be.

I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.