There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

The Democrats were in the majority in the U.S. Senate when we voted for the Iraq war and passed the U.S. Patriot Act. It's not enough to be in the majority, you have to stand for something.

It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

Life is made up of sobs sniffles and smiles with sniffles predominating.

No Doctor I don't want to grow young again. I just want to keep on growing old.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

A lie is a lie... unless your friends and family are in on it. Then it's a "commonly held belief."

Una's face was an unbroken block of calculation, saving where, upon her upper lip, a little down of hair fluttered. Yet it gave one an uncanny feeling. It made one think of a tassel on a hammer.

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

It is well known that the older a man grows, the faster he could run as a boy.

Life is not a theme park, and if it is, the theme is death.

My first influences were superhero artists.