My very good friend, Rahm Emanuel, made it very clear to me on several occasions that I was, quote, unquote, not a team player; that I was not - that I didn't not have a future.

Now, they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yes, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday.

Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.

Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn.

I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.

I happen to believe that health care is an imminent crisis. It is.

I do believe in God. That's why I'm alive.

Everyday when you wake-up, say to yourself: "Everyday, in everyway, I only get better, better and better!

I’m doing boy detox. Like a diet, only for my emotional health.

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.

Half is done when the beginning is done.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

Don't let them fool you with dope and cocaine, can't do you know harm to feel your own pain.

I don't measure success by how many buildings have my name on it.

It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.

You have to get yourself psyched up because you never have a night off defensively, especially at my position.

I drink to not giving a damn . . .