“I am my happiest self when generations in my family are getting together and I'm cooking.”

“The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.”

“I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles and the analysis about where there is the intersection, right?”

“Part of my focus on what we need to do around smart gun safety laws is recognize we have to have more enforcement around gun dealers.”

“Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.”

“Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court.”

“Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.”

“If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.”