I’m getting the Nobel Peace Prize.” “That’s wonderful, honey,” she said, then rolled over to get a little more shut-eye. - Barack Obama

"Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land: enough! This moment, this election is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On Nov. 4, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough.

When I was a kid, I inhaled. Frequently. That was the point.

Tamping down my emotions as the justice spoke to the audience, I looked over at a pair of handsome young Korean American boys — Sotomayor’s adopted nephews — squirming in their Sunday best. They would take for granted that their aunt was on the U.S. Supreme Court, shaping the life of a nation — as would kids across the country. Which was fine. That’s what progress looks like.