We're not perfect. We're a work in progress. But man, America has gotten a lot of things right.

When you have schools that are operating in the 20th century, and we're trying to prepare our children for the 21st century, even those children know they are not educated in the right way.

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

Every bit of our lives revolves around how we get from one place to another and how long it's going to take to get there and what time of day you have to leave to do it.

No day is alike, nor should it be.

The survival spirit

Evil is a choice one makes, not a natural state of being.

Your story must told.Live a life legacy- written book or notes.This will be there for many generations to know your rich experiences and knowledge.

In action be primitive in foresight a strategist.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.

Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful.

Mark: When did you learn to drive? Courtney: About three seconds ago.

Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach.

An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.

That which hinders your task is your task.