I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could bring home the bacon, or because I could find some personal pitch to them.

I think you could offer seven or eight different possible ends for energy policy. Climate change is one of them. Dealing with criteria pollutants is one of those related to that.

What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country.

I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population.

There aren't that many policy changes you can do, so I'd say you ride the wave and hope that maybe some of the external events help you.

You have the dreams that you want, and then you have to do other jobs until you can get to that dream.

people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.

Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning ... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else.

The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.

In the world we make good as evil and evil as good.

At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.

The twist makes it a no-floater summer!

It's all in your head -- you just have no idea how big your head is.

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.

If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.