Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel.

House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

An Affront to the Rule of Law and to the Constitution Itself

We have no stronger ally anywhere in the world than Israel.

Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.

But, you know, I'm presiding over an institution that was designed not to work.

Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.

Trust me. I'm going to make sure this healthcare bill is never, ever, ever implemented.

Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

It is wise for people to learn how to control their emotions instead of allowing it to overwhelm them and making them behaves irrational.

The aim of Zen training is to attain the state of consciousness which occurs when the individual ego is emptied of itself and becomes identified with the infinite reality of all things.

In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.

My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.

Poetry, which is written while no one is looking, is meant to be looked at for all time.

I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me.

Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve.

Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.