Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.

Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.

Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.

Delay is the enemy of progress.

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.

I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be.

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.

President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.

One of the biggest lies in capitalism is that companies like competition. They don't. Nobody likes competition.

Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.

Don’t be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.

I believe that the purpose of life is to glorify God.

Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.

I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.

I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.

You are the knower of knowledge; you perceive perceiving. Come to this place, and see if any questions remain there within you.

If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession of as much happiness as is good for any of the children of Adam.

Books and beer are the best and worst defense.

I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.