I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.

Nobody in the city of Los Angeles knows how to catch an alligator, ... We have no experience in recreation and parks, the zoo or animal control.

A lot of people dont understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.

I was born into public service.

He who cannot do what he wants must make do with what he can.

To transform experience and thought into language and narrative - that is beautiful even if that beauty is in brokenness.

I have always regarded the forward edge of the battlefield as the most exclusive club in the world

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

This is a good place," he said. "There's a lot of liquor," I agreed.

Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.

God himself preserved the Bible, and brought it down through the ages.

God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!

I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.