A free and open Internet should not have to be weighed down by legal challenges - its dynamism is essential to our economy.

I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be competition.

Personal privacy is a closely held American value.

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

I practice self-love, give love, and surround myself with people who bring out the best in me.

We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.

I live my life in faith as I explore and challenge myself and others.

When we share our personal data with business, its use should be transparent and secure.

Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.

I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.

I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.

I'm a very slow screenwriter. It takes time for me to write a screenplay. Also, I feel it's not my strength.

Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won't rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry.

Death cut the strings that gave me life, And handed me to Sorrow, The only kind of middle wife My folks could beg or borrow.

Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.

Systems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety.

Walking around an early spring garden- going nowhere.

I've also never written anything really in LA.

The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.

There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.