I do think that campaigns are about electing somebody, but they're also about a discussion of the future of our country.

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program

Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.

Hamas is a humanitarian organization.

But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.

If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated

I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.

Pass the bill to find out what's in it

As many of you know, I came from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one - it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.

Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.

I don’t remember saying that everybody in the country would have a lower premium.

I'm not a puzzle piece to someone else's puzzle, I'm my own puzzle that is still growing. I'm unsure of what it'll look like when it's done, but it will be uniquely me.

There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

Writing always means hiding something in such a way that it then is discovered.

I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday, they can grow up and be president of the United States.

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.

I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.

Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city.