For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.

Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.

Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.

Well, I think that it's clear that the Republican Party is a pro-life party. And we do value life. And we do believe that the unborn have a right to life.

The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

When it comes to dividing Americans on the basis of their gender, I know a little something about the subject.

The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room.

We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.

Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.

I do think women generally are more humble.

There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

Learning is as much an attitude as it is an activity.

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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.

Leveraging community intelligence and making connections is a key component to being a growth hacker.

Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.

It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.

I cannot face the idea of life without work. What would one do when ideas failed or words refused to come? It is impossible not to shudder at the thought.

The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he was in Colorado.