In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.

What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.

The Fed has the ability to put money out, it's got the ability to take money back in, and if they don't do that, we will have hyperinflation worse than we had in 1980 and 1981.

Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor.

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

If I move one way, I lose a couple votes. If I move another way, I lose a couple votes.

Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles.

I believe that if you have faith in your own abilities then in the end others will have faith in them too, even if they need a little persuading.

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

We all experience sadness. The real test is being strong enough to continue on regardless.

Take the blinders from your visiontake the padding from your earsand confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

You can never betray the people who are dead.

Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).

And both of them remained floating in an empty universe where the only everyday & eternal reality was love.

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

You can get in a cab in Vancouver and the 20-year-old driver speaks more knowingly of Michael Ovitz than anyone in the industry. They just know! And it's perhaps not unhealthy.