Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.

Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.

We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.

Truth be told, I'm much more comfortable in a pair of hiking boots or with a rack of climbing gear than in front of a laptop.

You are beautiful. You are unique. Your heart holds celestial love which flows like a mighty river through you to nourish the universe.

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.

Animals and nature are known to open our hearts, calm us, and reduce blood pressure and stress.

My style is simple, kinda girly, but with a bit of an edge.

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

I took Kanu on the Tuesday before the first game of the season because I never had any strikers. He said he hadn't kicked a ball since last season and I asked him if he'd been training.

One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?

In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.

I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.

Sacrificing minions: is there any problem it CAN'T solve?