"Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables."

"If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that."

"You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world."

"Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowledged that the actions of humanity were deepening the crisis, and pledged to do something about it if elected."

"It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it."

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."