It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression of any type is either inappropriate or forbidden altogether in public schools; however, nothing in the First Amendment converts our public schools into religion-free zones.

I love the HRC. The initials are great.

When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.

I am fascinated by this partnership between Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. It's magic and I love it.

You can't be involved in modern American politics without somebody attacking you.

...More important than the deficit, more important then healthcare-more important than anything-we have got to do something about our energy strategy. Because if we permit the climate to continue to warm at an unsustainable rate, and if we keep on doing what we're doing until we're out of oil and we haven't made the transition, then it's inconceivable to me that our children and grandchildren will be able to maintain the American way of life and that the world won't be much fuller of resource-based wars of all kinds.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.