The ACA is an ugly patch on an ugly system - and I don't think it's worth mentioning in the context of price or quality transparency.

The issue of universal coverage is not a matter of economics. Little more than 1 percent of GDP assigned to health could cover all. It is a matter of soul.

Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence.

The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger.

We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry.

There are libertarian values which say private property is the overarching value, the sanctity thereof, and there are egalitarians who say health care should be shared and so on. That's fair enough.

...Here, beast, you shall be the chairman, and mind you call us to order." He leaned forward and dropped the cat on the empty seat.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it.

I would just love to do something where I'd have to train and work really hard and do one of those types of action movies, which a lot of women are doing now.

I am endorsed by some of the greatest business people in the world.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice.

Women's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others.

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.