Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.

I am still fighting to make the world a better place and you can, too.

My resolution, standing with the vast majority of Americans who know we can and must be safer, is to cede no ground to those who would convince us the path is too steep, or we too weak.

Your future shines bright - find your purpose and go for it. Starting tomorrow, you can change the world.

Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

Hope and faith. You have to have hope and faith.

I will get stronger. I will return.

Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

Our office corner has really become an area where the Tea party movement congregates and the rhetoric is really heated. Not just the calls but the e-mails, the slurs.

The Capitol looks beautiful and I am honored to be at work tonight.

I am a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a pita. Why the pita? That counts as another mystery.

You cannot drink the nectar of love without bleeding for its thorns.

I can handle Glory." "Can you?" Eve asked. "Because I notice you never call her Gloriana. Just Glory." He shut up. Which is probably about the only smart thing he can do, Claire thought.

I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.

Personally, my taste is towards development of a character, as well as the resolution of a story plot. I like to find both, if I can.

I would make a poor vegetarian because I adore meat.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

I like money, but I want status.

Rain is good for vegetables, and for the animals who eat those vegetables, and for the animals who eat those animals.