We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and has the potential to become an inexpensive source of energy for neighborhoods, light and heavy duty vehicles, and industry.

Jobs are created by businesses, especially small and mid-sized businesses.

There's a need to reform Medicare, but not a need to cut a half trillion dollars out of Medicare.

You have to take positions on bills. There is no button for maybe or possibly.

There is no clear sign that the economy is turning the corner in a meaningful way.

When you show up at a rally supporting a bill, you are supporting the bill.

I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.

Don't just get what you need

Understanding is a pure glass of water. All great truths have no taste. Hints of sweetness are coloured by the need for amazement.

When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What is the sound of the waterfall?' 'Silence, ' he finally told me.

Your dreams will take you where you belong.

We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don't know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.

I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days.

It is through our anger and hatred that we transform people into enemies.

Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.

Human inventiveness is overwhelming human adaptiveness. Our ability to judge lags behind our ability to create.

A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.