"Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students."

"We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand."

"Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights."

"All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care."

"If food were free, why work?"

"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

"Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set."

"People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls."