No man is fit to be a Senator...unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information.

Silence is the best substitute for brains ever invented.

Politics is like roller skating. You go partly where you want to go, and partly where the damn things take you.

It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind ... has about a 50-50 chance...

I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.

When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.

Positive questions bring out the best in people, inspire positive action, and create possibilities for positive futures.

....a perfect paper airplane.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

Musick helps not the tooth-ach.

If I ever over hear people saying I give off an 'Ed Harris type of sexy vibe.' I'll be pretty psyched.

She poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.

She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause.... "That I do still love you.

I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.