Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.

The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients.

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

For M & B.Should you ever get to read this, to remind you that when life offers you a challenge:rise to the occasion.

Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.

The golden rule is work fast. As for framing, composition, focus-this is no time to start asking yourself questions: you just have to trust your intuition and the sharpness of your reflexes.

I think I say things nicely and my whole goal is to be understood and that includes by people who don't understand me.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

When I go back into education, I'm going to do business studies.

Put even the plainest woman into a beautiful dress and unconsciously she will try to live up to it.

Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions.

People are icebergs. So much of us is underneath.

Move onward and carry into practice.