"We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in."

"Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive."

"I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet."

"We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are."

"I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit."

"It is a profound truth that stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Don't give up the ship!"

"Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too."