It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes.

Time is the raw material from which money is made.

Every day is full of opportunities, but an opportunity is full of only so many days.

Whenever you fall pick something up.

When it comes to mentors, you can't beat survival.

I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.

Every budding dictatorship begins by muzzling the artists, because they're a mouthy lot and they don't line up and salute very easily.

The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics.

The purpose of poetry is to restore to mankind the possibility to wonder.

It's never too late to get a new design, and if you wanna compete you gotta visualize.

T was a brilliant feeling to make my debut and to hear the crowd chanting my name. It made me play much better.