I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.

Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.

All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.

The internet is a great way to get on the net.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.

No outside events can disturb your inner peace.

There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live ... we must work, just work!

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.

But go on, valiant champion; you die not as a fool, though the apostate, unfaithful, and lukewarm ministers and professors of this generation think and say so.

You were placed on earth to know God. Everything else is secondary.

Basically, my musical life is split between raving with drugged-up kids and reading obscure 75-year-old poetry, drinking very nice red wine with aged, graying men.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

Embrace the struggle and let it make you stronger. It won't last forever.

Poetry fettered fetters the human race.

The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.