But I will tell you that I didn't go to Washington to sit around and wait for Congressional action. Never done that before, and don't plan to in the future.

Critics play a dangerous game when they denounce the science and law EPA has used to defend clean air for more than 40 years. The American people know better.

The climate change is real today, but also the solutions that we have available to us that are cost-effective and beneficial to everyone are at our disposal now.

Climate change is the greatest threat of our time.

Greenhouse gas pollution, through its contribution to global climate change, presents a significant threat to Americans health and to the environment upon which our economy and security depends.

I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.

I definitely challenge people. But hopefully, I am working harder than anybody else, and so people won't resent the fact that I want them to work hard, as well.

When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards.

I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.

States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

There is no threshold level of fine particle pollution below which health risk reductions are not achieved by reduced exposure.

The most successful individuals and leaders achieve their dreams because they have a clear vision they have committed their life to.

You think I'm giving up. I'm not. I'm giving in.

Another person tattooed my face on their calf. When they tense, the face moves! That is messed up.

I'm a recognizable person and some people feel the need for some reason to take me to task. You're really messing with the wrong person on that one.

Most importantly fighters in my day knew the most important art in boxing - feinting.

The constants that I look for are a love of light and a determination to trace some moral chain of being.

I try not to think too much or be too impatient, and let the back of my brain do its mysterious work.

It is my view that there is no sensible military use for nuclear weapons, whether "strategic" weapons, "tactical" weapons, "theatre" weapons, weapons at sea or weapons in space.

...in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of them