Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.

All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.

The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

One poll showed that Americans have a higher opinion of witches, the IRS and hemorrhoids than Congress

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne.

Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

Said the monk: "All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars - where do they come from?" Said the master: "Where does your question come from?"

What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.

I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.

She'd like to model or maybe act or star in a magazine. Before she signs any big contracts, she better learn how to read.

I think the nation as a whole has a role in making sure that each individual, each citizen maximizes one's potential.

Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.