Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.

You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.

Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax.

Now is not the time to open the border to receive Canadian beef down to the United States.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

The longer you live, the more mistakes you make. And the more sorrows you carry.

Positive vocabulary is like good soil. By speaking and being positive we can enrich the lives of others.

I literally don't know what I'm going to do next. That's successful.

We have to help African American people that, for the most part, are stuck there, Hispanic American people. We have Hispanic-American people that are in the inner cities and they are living in hell.

I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices.

The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.

Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief. There are no shortcuts; it has to be gone through.

Whatever you train, you change your brain.

Look in the mirror and one thing is sure: what we see is not who we are.

We don't deal in absolutes. We deal in probabilities.