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

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 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.

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.

Where else, " I will say, "does an old turtle crossing the path Make all the difference in the world?

Great, numbskull. Just bloody great. You've already managed to piss off the Queen. What's next on your agenda, setting fire to Disneyland?

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

Some jobs are so dirty you can only send in someone who has the finely honed hatred of liberals acquired at elite universities to do them.

Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence, no matter what orthodoxy it may be.

Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.

Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?

It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.

Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!