So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.

We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces.

We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.

In fact, NSF was the leading successful efforts to improve U.S. math and science education long before the Department of Education was even created.

Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us?

Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.

I think we're all experiencing climate change. Experience is an effective teacher. It's sometimes a very harsh teacher. So we will be taught about climate change.

The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.

Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.

I was never really about the money. Every business I've ever started has been more of a curiosity and a kind of "What if...

The market is in the process of correcting itself.

The planning is everything. Deciding which dishes you're going to prepare can turn into the make-or-break decision five days later, when you actually serve the meal.

I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.

Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else.

In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the bathroom. The fancier the restaurant, the less pointing there is.

I don't care," said Seth. "I would have done it. I would have sold my soul for you. You and me...I told you. Something's always going to keep us near each other...even if we aren't together.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

If you would be a magician, honor the Earth. Honor life. Love. Know that magic is the birthright of every human being, and wisely use it.

We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing.