“My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was a...” — Ron Reagan Quote

“My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!'”

“We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.”

“Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.”

“I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.”

“I really have a passion for catching since I've done it all my life.”

“I've felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father's family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.”