I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

It seems to me that the Iraqis laid down a lot of the arms that we gave to them. So that doesn't seem to be the solution.

My service solidified my respect for our freedom, and the struggle to preserve it. I know the cost of obtaining freedom, keeping it and the value of it.

If at war, understand what it takes to win: Set a goal, define victory and fully support the effort. Leave no doubt that you respect the troops and appreciate their service.

Oh, sometimes I think it is of no use to make friends. They only go out of your life after a while and leave a hurt that is worse than the emptiness before they came.

...don't act like I didn't for you.I did. Hard. And for a long time.So please, forgive me if now that we're over, I'm exhausted.

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube.

A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill.

I think the first time I realized I was actually acting was during Felicity. Before that, I was just going along for the ride.

Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been a highly cooperative enterprise.

My dog doesn't like dogs, and I kind of get where she's coming from; I'm not too keen on people.

It isn't the consumers' job to know what they want.