Iran - the world's leading sponsor of terrorism - is close to having nuclear weapons.

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.

It may just be because I get homesick, but I have concluded Washington's cherry blossoms are just plain overrated.

I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, 'Candle-making industry threatened'.

The most important social welfare program in America is a job.

violent storms. and beautiful smiles. both have electricity. both are equally destructive in nature.

Baseball it is said is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes or games are created equal.

Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.

The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.

The perfection of mathematical beauty is such...that whatsoever is most beautiful and regular is also found to be most useful and excellent.

If you can't convince them [with your logic] then just confound them [with your wit.]

Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much.

If seeing that other person's pain brings up your fear or anger or confusion (which often happens), just start doing tonglen for yourself and all the other people who are stuck in the very same way.

How a person wins and loses is much more important than how much a person wins and loses.