I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.

I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song.

I'm having trouble warming up to Mitt Romney. He looks like the guy in the restaurant that comes to your table to make sure everything's all right.

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes

She just dropped it and ran!!

People are like, "Oh, I want to make your eyes almond." I don't have almond eyes! Why are you trying to change my eye shape?

And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

My goal is to play hard and give the city a chance for a championship.

The human comedy begins with a vertical smile.