“what a fascinating mix a hospital can be of people in a huge hurry and people too slow to get out of their way.”

“Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people.”

“If heterosexual people can get married then gay and lesbian people can get married too”

“The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.”

“I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave -- with all five fingers -- for their hospitality.”

“Three kinds of people get talked about: The fascinating, the freaks and the nefarious.”