I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation.

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

There's an old rule of thumb in politics that 90 percent of all 90 year-olds vote and 25 percent of all 25 year-olds vote.

Failure brings success to those who don’t quit.

One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one's own bad lines.

Every flutter in her chest when he sat beside her, every flush to her cheeks after a compliment, and every longer-than-average embrace would end tonight.

I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.

A man of substance should trust very carefully an online networking friend whose shared images are not often palatable to his taste.

You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down [at times].

I am an advocate... of public financing for years. That is the one way to get money out of politics. I believe that would be what we ought to be doing.

There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly or otherwise.

To be listened to is... a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating... Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts.

No mind, no form, I only exist; now ceased all will and thought; the final end of [Nature]]'s dance, I am it whom I have sought.