When I met my husband I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order.

I think the Democrats are catering to them but you know in the entire history of the United States of America there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation never in history.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

And whether it is equal pay health care Social Security or family leave this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

When it comes to the health of our families Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do.

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

Politically the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it it's like guilt it's like jealousy it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out because they're no good.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.

Food is a coping mechanism people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion faith and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash.

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge generally diffused through a community are essential to the preservation of a free government.