My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.

Something that's unsustainable, like a dysfunctional relationship, can go on longer than you expect, and then end faster and messier than you think.

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.

Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.

For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished my Ph.D., and I thought I was the cat's meow.

There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.

A clever quote opens new paths in the minds of the clever!

Some give the impression they go on living only because it's a habit they cannot shake

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

Focus on making you the best you can be as an actor, and follow your own path.

I preume there are far too many abortions performed in this country. And I also believe that at the end of the day, as much as I might disapprove, none of them are really any of my business.

I want to see the U.S become an Islamic nation.

I get absolutely ruthless in my own way about not doing anything else when I am trying to concentrate on writing a book. I have to stick to it and concentrate.

Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. I am praying. I'm talking to you, right? Oh...yes. Good point. Amphitrite - incoming!

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

True is the name for whatever idea starts the verification process, useful is the name for its completed function in experience