It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public - that the economy is not very good.

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

One of the things we worry about when we cut the tax on gasoline is that it basically stimulates additional use.

The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor.

We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.

To delight in the law of the Lord is to find our source of joy outside of ourselves.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.

Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

I want to be able to look back and think that as long as I was going this, I did the best that I could.

Stylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya.

I get into certain yoga positions at times, when Im working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.

Shame, it comes in every size, touches many lives, knocks on many doors.

We are the world. We are the people and we deserve better not because we're worth it but because no worth can be put on the incalculable, on the infinite, on life.

The muse whispers to you when she chooses, and you can't tell her to come back later, because you quickly learn in this business that she might not come back at all.