No commander in chief would ever say, "I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground."

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

What? You don't trust me?

Well, Im wrestling alligators.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

Opening up to your intuition represents a commitment to pay closer attention to how you think and feel.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.

Simple ideas become obsessions, almost like a meditation.

To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others.

Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.