Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.

I have voted that climate change is happening and it's also caused by man.

I've always backed energy independence policies, but I've heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district.

When you travel, somehow, the world gets both bigger and smaller, simultaneously.

Being brave is not for the light-hearted. Bravery takes fortitude—the very act of bravery prevents anyone from knowing you were ever afraid in the first place.

I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Foul and magical fumes bubbled out of the kettle, like the flatulence of a dragon on a demon-only diet.

To any honest observer, Zimbabwe's sin is that it has taken the position to right a wrong, whose resolution has been too long overdue--to return its land to its people.

If you're doing something that people want, they'll find you.

Looking back now I realise that the worst things that happened to me were the best things in disguise - I just didn’t know how to read the signs.

If God calls you, pick up the damn phone!

Have you any idea of what you’ve unleashed? (Hades) Cruelty, pestilence, wrath, violence, ultimate suffering…what other gifts did the gods bestow on him?

I married a damned cereal killer