I've been in office and I've been out of office. And if I were to choose, I'd rather be in office.

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe

I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field...The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

You're all welcome in California.

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Check out my web site, wtp.org, to see what fast food did to 2 people in England.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

Aristotle and many others say men have more teeth than women; it is no harder for anyone to test this than it is for me to say it is false, since no one is prevented from counting teeth.

Every move a sloth makes is with purpose, which is more than most of us can say about 90% of the time.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.

If you're not accurate, you'll cause untold trouble.

That cardinal virtue, temperance.

I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases