Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession.

I mean people up here aren't stupid, I'm lower gene pool and I kind of sit in amazement at watching some of them because they are pretty damn smart.

Drug abuse is a medical disease that requires medical professionals.

A safe, affordable and plentiful supply of food is a national security issue.

When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation.

There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have my daughters ask me what those words mean.

I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think So what? They should think again.

So it's true. You can walk in sunlight. I thought perhaps it might have worn off.""If I feel the urge to burst into flames, I'll let you know.

Ni dieu ni maître!(Neither God nor master)[Feminist and labour slogan translated to 'No gods, no masters']

He exuded wisdom-even the wisest...were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.

What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.

When I turn up at a trendy party, all the youngsters look like they could be my illegitimate love children.

Whenever you say 'yes' to anything, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your 'yes' is worth the less.

From every ending comes a new beginning.

Ballet is number one, everything else is scheduled in the small windows when I'm not in the studio taking class, rehearsing, on stage or on tour.

Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.

I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.