Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.

The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

One poll showed that Americans have a higher opinion of witches, the IRS and hemorrhoids than Congress

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

There is doggedness to genius. It is the ability to dig deep and hold on to the dream.

We all leave behind bits of loose thread. Old operations, old enemies. They pull at you, like memories of old lovers.

History is too slow for our life, for our hearts.

Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.

Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.

...there are only some many times you can utter "It does not hurt" before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt.

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions.

I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.

Last year I think I made more from my Image books than anywhere else.

Even if you don't sing on your tracks, if you know how to sing, it'll probably help you out.