"My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school."

"We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society."

"This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power."

"You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country."

"It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me."

"I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes."

"When the entertainers of the Right aren't declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they're pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call 'the Chicago way.'"

"I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs."