"Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get you change."

"I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy."

"For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before."

"While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough."

"To understand someone, find out how he spends his money."

"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."

"Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course."

"Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life."