I can honestly say that being a United States senator has been the honor of my life.

Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway?

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

The people of Iraq realize that a stable, successful, democratic Iraq can only come about if average Iraqis are willing to sacrifice to build it.

Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.

If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

Human beings crave freedom at their core.

For America's economic future to remain prosperous, we must encourage pro-growth policies so that we continue to be the leader in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible.

The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today.

I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella.

Smile even when you're going through some hard times.

The woman seems ready to be pleased with the world.

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

When beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart, and only its absence can produce any emotional effect.

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me

The reason the United States is not aging rapidly in terms of its demographics is because we accept people as newcomers to this society in numbers that far surpass any of our major peers or rivals.

There was a moment when the Berlin Wall came down and some people felt, "Oh capitalism won. That's the ideology we can believe in now."

If you start out with a song sounding like Britney Spears, and you end up with a song sounding like Pauline Oliveros, you'd better have pretty good liner notes explaining what on earth you mean.

Ever since I was a little kid, the last thing I wanted to do was lose. I hated losing. I still hate it. I guess you can see that when I'm out there.