Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.

Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind.

Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs.

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.

Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease.

I'm not even a trained producer. I just keep following my ear and working on stuff until it sounds the way I like it.

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.

When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

Happiness is not dependent on experience. What you experience shouldn't make you happy or unhappy when you know how to be happy.

Sad when you spend more time trying to stay alive than living.

When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money.

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

When someone asks about Boston, I put my brain on pause. I feel like I took a 5,000 pounds off my back to be here.

You need the activism. You need people who are organized and willing to bring light to injustices in society.