I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.

The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Well-designed visuals do more than provide information

The world is a marvelous system of wiggles.

I love Jimmy Fallon; he's always a great time.

Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.

I never want to position myself where I seem like an ambassador of anti-racism. I am fortunate enough to say that I've never experienced extreme amounts of racism, but a lot of my friends do.

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.

I was a really crazy kid. I'm still a crazy kid. That's the nice thing about being in a rock band. You can feel 14 forever.

Gather all Leaves in the hour of that Planet that governs them.

You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion