There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president.

I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.

A fuel prices remain unstable and our nation's highways and airports suffer ever-increasing congestion and delays, Amtrak offers an invaluable alternative upon which Americans have come to rely

Today's new climate policy is like delivering the final divorce papers to the public and the world, ... And it is divorced from the reality of global warming.

Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

Stolen pleasures are always more thrilling than those come by honestly.

It is mind-boggling to me that there are so few movies about female friendship, considering women make up half the movie-going population.

Five years from now on the Web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will be better than any single university.

Let's face it: the world is twisted. And rotten.

It's been the most astonishing year because I've been having a marvelous adventure, and yet I kind of sympathize with people who have to live in exile, because I've so missed England.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.

The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than a daily round of committees you might as well be dead.

Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and to notice a fragility where once I saw - or assumed - an endless bounty.