Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

Most Americans want health insurance.

Keep your heart pure. Overlook an insult.

Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut's work

Scientific discoveries and innovation come from combining different existing technologies and different perspectives in a unique way.

If she does have a failing, and it's obviously only a tiny one, it's that she doesn't seem particularly curious about other people, or me, anyway.

We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.

When you love something, you get to know it. Then you feel the ownership and if it changes, you only love it as far as you know it because then you're like, "What is this?"

I recognize that losing is a part of growth in this sport and it's a positive thing in the long run.