"In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettine…"

— Barack Obama

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storyb…"

— Joe Biden

"When the wind blew from the south and the French doors had been opened, the sound of cheering carried from Ebbets Field into the apartment. …"

— Roger Kahn

"She, she is dead; she’s dead; when thou know’st this,Thou know’st how dry a cinder this world is."

— John Donne

"I invite her back to my apartment, or as I call it, the "Death Star." I'm still working on it, it's not completely operational."

— Dane Cook