I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem.

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.

There's no such thing as a partisan base.

I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

I love the classroom.

The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.

Our laws are like the software that runs our country. All the laws for a country, together, are called its legal code, just like computer software is written using code.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.

I look at climbing not so much as standing on the top as seeing the other side. There are always other horizons in front of you, other horizons to go beyond and that's what I like about climbing.

I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body of work. I don't know what to make of it.

Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is an invaluable asset that I have gained from working.

Most of our faculties lie dormant because they can rely upon Habit, which knows what there is to be done and has no need of their services.

I feel blessed to have as many comebacks as I can.

Youth doesn't need friends -- it only needs crowds.