"There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."

"In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?"

"America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."

"I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble."

"It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake."

"While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one."

"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz."