"The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?"

"A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him."

"Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day."

"Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could."

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

"I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage."

"That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."