There aren't that many policy changes you can do, so I'd say you ride the wave and hope that maybe some of the external events help you.

I think you could offer seven or eight different possible ends for energy policy. Climate change is one of them. Dealing with criteria pollutants is one of those related to that.

What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country.

I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could bring home the bacon, or because I could find some personal pitch to them.

I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population.

One difference between the Bible and the Constitution is that we can still talk to the author of the Bible to discover original intent.

Sleep, " he commanded. "You need to rest after being jumped.""You could jump me.

Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’.

Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.

Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

Writing jokes for others is like having babies for someone else. It's sad. Like the woman who gives up her baby but needs to be close so she secretly becomes the maid in the household.

I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.

Truth is like nuclear waste: it needs to be dealt with carefully. Sometimes it needs to be buried way, way out of town. And sometimes it should never be uncovered at all.

I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.