I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen.

Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.

Free trade should not mean free labor.

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.

The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations.

Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

Happiness and a positive attitude are gifts you can pass along. So get out there and start giving.

I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.

Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, a kiss too long And there follows a mist and a weeping rain And life is never the same again

Every artists wants to be applauded

Judd Apatow, Conan O'Brien ... taking what you think is funny, and then adding another layer to it. That's kind of my sensibility. Those are the guys that make me laugh.

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.

I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world...