I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

Most Americans want health insurance.

The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.

Only crazy people don’t do anything new and they expecting new result.

Babies are born without knee-caps.

God didn't create monsters. Monsters created themselves.

If you don't like my fire, then don't come around. Cause I'm gonna burn one down.

I think it's awesome to be able to make people laugh.

Faith is the fool's excuse.

Love cannot exorcise the gifts of hate. / Hate cannot exorcize what has no weight, / But laughter we can never over-rate.

I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.

Don’t be one of those souls who says, ‘If only I had my life to live over.’ Live your life in such a way that once is enough.