"We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet."

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."

"The paradox of freedom is that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too."

"People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does."

"A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day."

"Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness."