Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

Courage of the mind far surpasses that of the body.

We are clay and nothing is real for us except the uncanny womb of Being into which we shall return.

One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential.

Remember that one who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness.

Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose.

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.

If you are called upon to govern humans, treat them humanely.

Well, who’s real? The living or the dead?

Stop, collaborate and listen.