If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Marriage is really an exciting adventure.

There are still many places I haven't seen that I'd like to travel to. I've never seen the Pyramids, and I'd love to explore the culture in North India. I think walking in the Andes would also be awesome.

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that we have made a great deal of progress. But there's still more we have to travel along this road so we get to the place that is consistent with our founding ideals.