"Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance."

"I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair."

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

"In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics."

"American politics is always an open competition."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."