Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

What? You don't trust me?

Well, Im wrestling alligators.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

I just realized that sleep sometimes is the only precious wage for the hard working man.

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.

If you invent the Mini Cooper, pour all your energy and passion into it and it gets made, you should be on a roll. In the film industry you have to start again the next day.

Juan Tripp was a friend. Good name for an airline man, huh? Juan Tripp after another?

Prayerlessness is sin.

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is, survives him. It can never be buried.

Lying became part of my life. I lied if I needed to lie to get something or get out of something

I definitely have to keep stepping up to the plate and be aggressive when he does that.

In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind.