"I'm a people person and I've met some great people along the way and made some great friends."

“Change is the law of God's mind and resistance to it is the source of all pain.”

“Everything in life is drawing, if you want. Drawing is quintessential to knowing the self. Art that survives from one generation to the next is the art that actually carries something that tells society about self.”

“I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.”

Source : Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 10, 2003.

“I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.”

“Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.”

“Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.”

“I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling.”

“The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.”