This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.

This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy.

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple.

I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat.

When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things.

Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.

Well my chocolate is so good I could sell it in an obnoxious prism shape.

We do have to remain true to the idea of honesty within what you want to do.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

As there is much beast and some devil in man, so is there some angel and some God in him. The beast and the devil may be conquered, but in this life never destroyed.

Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn't cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play.

It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.