I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time.

But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government.

And I thought my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.

People are concerned, here again, about life, and haven't given a whole lot of attention to how you make fathers responsible for the lives they bring into the world.

You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us.

Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.

One of the big challenges for our party is to demonstrate to people that we have an agenda for economic prosperity and that we can be trusted with their money.

Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.

How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born.

You shouldn't have to sue somebody to get justice. It ought to come through administrative process.

Improve yourself. You can become what you admire most in life. By admiring the quality of excellence in other people, and practicing that same quality, you too can become exceptional.

...I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the truth, Jessie. Things don't have to be true to talk about 'em, you know.

How we remember what we remember and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.

The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.

There's always hope. Never give up. Walk slowly and drink lots of water. It ain't a sprint.

She [Venison] had never travelled and so could invent all kinds of strange places without being limited, as travelled people are, by knowledge of certain places only.

The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.

It's odd that the word 'atheist' even exist. I don't play golf, is there a word for non-golf players ?

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.