The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.

I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake.

There is no question we are having a difficult time rounding up the votes.

There will be fiscal issues that are appropriate to discuss.

There's a fine line in being too specific so you can't be too flexible, and being too vague in being specific and people not thinking it's meaningful.

The reform of government needs to continue.

Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.

I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature

You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.

You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.

It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.

Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on.

The Earth swirls down through the ominous moons of preconsidered generations.

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

People don't want information; they want epiphanies.