Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more democracies, and democracies never war with other democracies, but the other side of the sword could give us nuclear proliferation, biogerms and even forces of darkness.

There's a lot of smart women doing dumb things with their health, and I fell into that category as well.

I have this ridiculous exercise regime in the summer that I do not deviate from.

The five different areas in which boys are in crisis - education; jobs; emotional health; physical health; and fatherlessness - are handled by different portions of the government.