As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.

Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.

All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.

The internet is a great way to get on the net.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

All we can do about bullies is wish them happiness & celebrate our own.

Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths.

Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind.

I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.

I'm really interested in the repetition, the discipline, and what happens to me psychologically when I put my body to that extreme place.

Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.

The C language combines all the power of assembly language with all the ease-of-use of assembly language.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.