You don't have to dislike people you disagree with and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to have bipartisan friendships in this place. Life's too short to have it any other way.

We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced - what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase.

The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut.

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?

Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.

We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.

In the end, it doesn't matter how much you earned, but how much you gave away with love.

Be kind to others—not because they deserve kindness—but because you deserve inner peace.

Everyone should follow his predetermined path.

...for in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don't be a people pleaser.

I would be able to defend my actions, no matter what [evidence] they had on me.

You always go in with the intention of playing your best and knowing the material you're auditioning.