An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.

The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

One poll showed that Americans have a higher opinion of witches, the IRS and hemorrhoids than Congress

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.

Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart.

Everything was brighter and more colorful in those years, as if my childhood was ending in an explosion of unreal passion that made my life feel sacred and holy.

His eyes are so clear and blue that nothing but clichés enter my mind.

The time you spend loving is the most valuable time.

It's wrong for a guy to have no personality, no heart. Because I don't care about style or money.

A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.

A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.

I think art, at best, holds up a mirror to humanity.

A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain.

You can't lead me down that rode.