Better a poor steam engine that runs, than a good one never finished.

The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.

I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back...but God has a bigger shovel!

The pebbles of knowledge must be bonded together by the cement of experience.

If we had less people who don't know what they are talking about acting like they know what they are talking about, then that's one step closer to making the world a better place.

You are only Invulnerable when you are in Fear

Whoever said that one cannot be moral without being religious never had morals in in the first place.

Remembering the past always comes with an image or a view attached.

Everyday is the same day, except its reward and opportunities.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

I've always said: if we ignore the issues that people want us to talk about, then you will have movements outside of the establishment political parties grow.

People are afraid to own their own homes. People are afraid their own government will catch them fixing their houses.

I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older.

Of all things I liked books best.

They're not the sharpest people - babies. So, you must be everything to them.

I like fighters. That's why I love Russ Feingold. I love Barbara Boxer. And Howard Dean and John Conyers. Democrats I talk to around the country want their leaders to come out and fight for them.