"I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to."

"You get respect when you give respect. That's how you get respect."

"The federal government... knows how to put a missile in someone's room half way around the world with technology. Why don't we use some of that technology to save some lives here in America?"

"What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'"

"Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves."

"When you create art, the world has to wait."

"I love the Internet, and I love wasting time on the Internet - even though it sometimes ends up being not being a waste of time."

"The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be."