I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.

This isn't all going to be done in one day, either.

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.

American leadership looks to the world and just as Lincoln did sees the family of man. Humanity is not a zero-sum game.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

If I send all the books that I faithfully wrote overseas, would that, for any chance, be considered work-shipping??

Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an ability to manipulate, to gain cooperation, and to deceive.

You can't see the world from somebody else's point of view and not be changed.

Somethings can be so simple but bring happiness

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.

I went to New York to be born again. And when the train plunged into a tunnel under New York City, with its lining of pipes and wires, I was out of the womb and into the birth canal.

You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!