I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect,' when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

I don't give a damn about the stock market. But I do care about jobs.

I'm all for the Fairness Doctrine, whatever that is.

The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

As to the past, I would not mind retrieving from various corners of space-time certain lost comforts, such as baggy trousers and long, deep bathtubs.

She was surprised at how deflating his presence was.

She knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had known.

Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close.

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions, knowing it is thy power gives me strength to act.

Beauty is whatever anyone thinks is beautiful.

I think you really have to tap into your sense of humor in order to survive.

The spirit is often concealed within matter to such an extent that few people are generally capable of perceiving it.