I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

It doesn't matter how much money we have or how much we own here on Earth-we have to die and leave it all-that's the plain truth

Investigation in our own life is far more rewarding than investigating life of other's.

We know too much and feel too little.

Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.

For my last meal I'd want an Irish breakfast with soda bread and one of my dad's omelettes with three or four eggs.

What is needed is never to be had without price.

So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to ensure that our economy grows, that we create jobs.

There are some very general ideas that people can keep in mind; they're kind of truisms. It's only worth mentioning them because they're always denied.

I grew up in the prolonged survival of the great age of the horse, with harness and saddle and sleigh bells and horse pictures, not as antiques but the facts of our lives.

You just have to follow your own heart.