The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today.

Those most likely to be raped or sexually assaulted are young women between the ages of 16 and 24, women with their whole lives ahead of them. This one act of violence will alter their lives forever.

The fact is that Democrats are not for tax cuts.

Sometimes in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself.

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.

What is the purpose of memory? Is it a trick to make sure we don't forget who we are by reminding us of who we were?

If I had my life to live over again, I'd run barefoot, relax a bit more, I'd talk more to children, and I'd learn how they laugh.

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian Businessman.

Integers are the fountainhead of all mathematics.

I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?

We've seen in the last half century an incredible shift. This is just an extraordinary time to be alive.

O friend, never strike sail to a fear!