Halfway measures are not enough.

The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.

I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time. Now I know I was right to be nervous.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia.

We must get rid of all the guns.

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

We would like to see, in the future, what we will probably call needs-based licensing of all weapons. ...Where it would make it much more difficult for anybody to be able to purchase handguns.

It [the Brady Bill] is not a panacea. It's not going to stop crimes of passion or drug-related crime.

We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue.

Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.

So much saintlike patience cannot be good for anyone.

We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.

No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.

Christmas it too large to be tucked away in the toe of a child's stocking.

There is no getting around these essential ingredients: determination, effort and time. These are the real secrets to happiness.

I do think it's important to expose kids to artists.

I sang in art school, just to get money to smoke.

When you're pregnant, things-at least for me-get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth.

Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!