A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.

I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal.

I have to reinvent myself.

I have no control over time. I can only live in the time.

If you can't laugh at yourself, don't worry others will…!

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg.

To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation.

I ain't getting on no time machine.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

Charging for news online won't work if what is provided is the same as is available elsewhere.

Your patriarchal blessing is your passport to peace in this life. It is a Liahona of light to guide you unerringly to your heavenly home.

This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.