Frankly, when you twin the language of assassination threats with Donald Trump's suggestion that a Hillary Clinton electoral victory would be illegitimate, it scares the hell out of me.

There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term, as I tell these stories, that it will help to open people's eyes.

I will consider my time in the Senate a failure if we don't pass some meaningful legislation to reduce the likelihood that Sandy Hook ever happens again.

From fear of the unknown, both horns and wings have grown.

You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.

The absence of fear is love.

I wake up ready to right and I feel like I'm on the right side of history every day.

Republicans are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's a political price for standing against 90 percent of their constituents to stand with the gun lobby.

No need to repent, no need to forgive - reverse 'evil' to live.

A domain exits where concepts can't go; so leave them on the doorstep to enter.

So sophisticated and smart, but our eyes tell us lies, or at best the truth in part.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

Don't allow a negative experience effect your day for the worse. We may not have the power to control everything that happens to us, but we DO have a choice on how we react to it.

You can speak truth to power, . . . but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity.""The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel

Cease from envy, prejudice and unhealthy competitiveness. Never abandon your own mission and brand to pursue the seemingly exciting mission or vision of another.

When I say the things that don't make sense you answer me anyway. It's like having green in your shirt.

To make a friend you must close one eye. And to keep a friend, you must close both eyes.

The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.

I wanted to make the soundtrack of people's lives.

Children are geniuses.

I find it helpful to buy near the low of the last few years.