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

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

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.

Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.

Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.

We have to live a life that is more revolutionary than that of the revolutionaries.

That kind of pursuit is not beneficial to mankind: art for self aggrandizement at the cost of love.

Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.

I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

To review ones store is to mow twice.

I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.

I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.

The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.

Don't think about what the market's going to do; you have absolutely no control over that. Think about what you're going to do if it gets there.