The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living.

We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk.

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.

If there is one thing the past years have taught us, it is the importance of a keen and high sense of honor in those who handle our governmental affairs.

Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody who wants them.

When you're old, everything you do is sort of a miracle.

Economics is not a science, in the sense that a policy can be repeatedly applied under similar conditions and will repeatedly produce similar results.

Party organization matters. When the door of a smoke-filled room is closed, there's hardly ever a woman inside.

The business of government is justice.

I have come to believe that one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger are more bearable than injustice.

I have seen my kid struggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle.

The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusion and bad behavior.

We cannot hurt ourselves just for the sake of it. When you hurt somebody you hurt yourself. Down the line, the ripple of it comes back to you.

At the factory, I deal with ex-cons, substance abusers, and sexual harassers. And I'm not just talking about my mom.

She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth.

Running was like the friend that never left. It was just always there.

I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.