Quotes from Bill Clinton

My heart swells when she walks in, the infant with the round face and enormous eyes reaching out to touch my face, the little girl lifting herself on her tippy-toes to kiss me with a PBJ-smudged face, the teenager slicing the air with her hand as she argued the merits of alternative-energy incentives at the state debate finals.

My chest tightens at the thought of what all this could mean to Lilly. But I have no choice. I made a vow to defend this country, and I'm the only person who can do this.

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more than having affairs with our wives." ? Bill Clinton

That's the biggest reason governments keep secrets. Not because they're sensitive. Because the secrets are embarrassing

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

a lot of your life is shaped by the opportunities you turn down as much as those you take up.

I have been assaulted by cleverness on all fronts.

On the back cover of his checklist binder is an old cracked decal showing a flying Pegasus circled with the acronym NKAWTG, which means Nobody kicks ass without tanker gas!

teachings from Sage Emperor Guan's Book of Enlightenment. For one, "It is through filial piety, sibling harmony, dedication, trustworthiness, propriety, sacrifice, honor, and sense of shame that we become fully human.

The antigovernment paradigm blinds us to possibilities that lie outside its ideological litmus tests and prevents us from creating new networks of cooperation that can restore economic growth, bring economic opportunity to more people and places, and increase our ability to lead the world to a better future.

The accomplishments of the women in 'The Counselors' are a testament to the power and promise of the American Dream and are sure to resonate deeply with many young women who have the desire and the ability to make their own unique contributions to this legacy of progress. . . . Just as the women in this book were empowered by the efforts and example of those who came before them, a new generation will be inspired and encouraged by the spirit and achievements of this remarkable group.

I never inhaled.

Office, and Sam's is to go back to her first

In the teams you quickly learn that you have to depend on your teammates to get their job done, while you concentrate on your own part of the mission.

After being married for nearly thirty years and observing my friends' experiences with separations, reconciliations, and divorces, I've learned that marriage, with all its magic and misery, its contentments and disappointments, remains a mystery, not easy for those in it to understand and largely inaccessible to outsiders.

You, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.

Our job is to live as well and as long as we can, and to help others to do the same. What happens after that and how we are viewed by others is beyond our control.

The real people are still there, with their problems and potential, hopes and dreams. It's just hard for them to make good decisions when their brains are filled, and their spirits broken, with so much

politics is the art of the compromise

Jiang Lijun is not a vice president for the China State Construction Engineering Corporation but a senior officer with the Ministry of State Security. What the hell are the Americans up to?

Freedom is difficult…but we have never had to put a wall up to keep the people in.

Semper Gumby, he thinks. Always flexible.

At least a five-minute warning. Give them that, Mr.

You've got to be tough as nails with your tender heart