A lot of very competent people sometimes make errors.

Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn't be limited to the wealthiest few.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

An ability to compromise is important. That means stepping back and getting the ego out of the way in order to accomplish what you want to get done.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. I lost three times before I got elected. There's no limit. Stay in pursuit of your dreams.

Do not allow past mistakes to shape your future.

Book publishers should change the communication from best sellers to the best impacts.What matters is the impact not the sold copies.

It is very easy to be a military strategist, a mercenary, or a king, but much harder to be a father.

Sweets are good for the nerves.

Having a beard is a good way to make your face more susceptible to velcro.

Let me get a big 'hell yeah' from the redneck girls like me, hell yeah.

I try to be classic without being mumsy.

There are only two kinds of vampire hunters: good ones and dead ones.

I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop.