Climate change is very real. It is a serious issue it should be treated that way... It is not just ours here in Iowa or even in the United States.

Average Americans, middle-class citizens, just feel disenfranchised by our government. And they feel particularly unhappy by what is perceived as business-as-usual politics in Washington.

I think women bring a different perspective into Senate and that we tend to be more collaborative in our approach.

I do think women change the discourse in Senate and I think it is more civil when women are involved.

And the thing about trying to cheat death is that, in the end, you still lose.

Live your best life.Live your dreams.

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not but rejoices in what he has.

It's a rather pleasant experience to be alone in a bank at night.

I was never pretty enough to be the pretty girl and I was never quirky enough to be the quirky girl. Boys didn't look at me in high school and think I was the pretty girl.

I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.

I became convinced that knowing lots of people was kind of skill, something that the diligent can overcome.

There's really not a difference between an octopus and, like, a giant pile of snot.

Violence is the first means and the last resort to pacify a people, and thus is something we need to continue to consider after the gunfire has ended.

We never live so intensely as when we love strongly. We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in full glow of love for others.