"I'm living a life until I die so there will be no shortage of things to sing about."

“I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in their lives. They taught me something with each meeting.”

“To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

“When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

“Out of Dostoevsky: Kafka. Out of Tolstoy: Margaret Mitchell. (in conversation, explaining his dislike for Tolstoy)”

“There's a better chance of a brokered convention than any time in our lifetime.”

“You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.”

“I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”

Source : "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. January 5, 2012.

“I think people understand things different when they get older. It’s not a question of getting soft, or seeing things in the gray areas instead of black and white. I really believe I’m just understanding things different. Better.”