“There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.”

Recently did an on-line test called ‘What’s Your True Age?’ My result was 50-60 years old.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement.

And when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.

It is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.

If I had my way, I’d end all wars and poverty.

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

As children, we have a tenuous idea of love.

The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.

The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors’ pushup bras?

I wouldn’t call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers.

The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.

But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?

It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.

Young people are often asked, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives.

CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.

The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.

Those who strive to build a protective wall around it, and those who wish to pull it down; those who seek to mould it and those committed to breaking it up; those who aim to open our eyes, to make us see the light and look to tomorrow […] and those who wish to lull us into closing our eyes

In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a dictator substitutes himself for the central committee.

If I were on a committee, I’d be wasting my time.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.

The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California

Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.