It was a very different Republican Party in 2013. And so I think particularly the House Republicans are more confrontational, less willing to compromise even than the Republican class of '94.

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.

I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him.

California is going to be quite good for the Democrats. But the rest of the country is a draw.

If this isn't the Fat Lady singing, it's awful close to that. If Ari seriously thought she was a contender for the presidential nomination, he would not walk away right now.

The worst time to take a survey is in the middle of a cataclysmic event.

The environment is better and better for Democrats.

We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.

Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.

The same electorate that is unhappy with [Pennsylvania's] GOP Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have some qualms with Rendell.

My love for you is a prayer, she thought. Love is the only prayer I know.

It was 10:30 in the morning and I was already running behind. This is hardly unusual, but it pisses me off every single time.

I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good.

Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

I drive a Mustang. A 2005 five-speed GT convertible.

Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

Tom is back on a flight at 6:15 P.M. That is 6:15. Do you get it? Not 6:00 P.M. but 6:15 P.M. And do you know how many minutes that is? I do. I have also become a Time Lord.

Business is much less transparent than a win in a Grand Prix; in a race you drive over the finishing line first and you have won. In business it is different.