Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it.

What consenting adults do behind closed doors is not my business.

My mother had a fear of doctors - other than her daughter marrying one.

One accident or terrorist strike involving high-level waste would endanger lives and cause a catastrophe that would leave millions of dollars in damages and take years to clean up

I come home every weekend and I still can't believe I represent Las Vegas in Congress. It's such a kick.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.

If you improve your education system, there's no telling what kind of businesses you'll be able to attract.

Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.

While I support initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in Medicare, I do not believe that these efficiencies should come at the cost of patient well being.

Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.

An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people.

Do, " said Louisa finally, "whatever you can't not do.

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world.

I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something.

Is our situation not dismal? Wonderland is so discombobulated that lady bugs have turned belligerent and enlisted in the queen's army! Punish their conversion!

Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, in it, through and by it.

When you are working really hard and you're really focused on your career, a lot of other things suffer.

He's fantastic on the ground but obviously he is very tall. (on Peter Crouch)

I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.

Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little