“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things. I am tempted to think there are no little things.”

“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do”

“I am reminded once again that the best things about America are the little things, the little freedoms that Americans don't think twice about.”

“I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.”

“My boys don't always come home from school ready to dish about the day. But if I'm patient, little details will reveal themselves to me. When I check the pockets, I get a peek into my boys' minds, an idea of what they consider amazing and lovely--what they consider to be a thing of beauty. I feel lucky to get a glimpse of this beauty every day.”

“I think people still want to like Barack Obama but are a little puzzled and even, sometimes, disappointed to discover that actually, all things considered, they don't really like him quite as much as they would like to.”