I don't care if what we do makes a profit; I care whether we get somebody out of a wheelchair.

My definition of economic development is economic growth.

Not to win is guttering.

Rather than setting property taxes on the value of land and improvements, I'd advocate a plan to set rates based on land values across the entire neighborhood.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability.

Arts are what free and thriving people do with their time after their critical needs have been met.

Just know I amNot there to catch youBut I am there for you

He's mad at me.""For what?""For not being like him."Eleanor looked dubious. "Has he been mad at you for the last sixteen years?""Basically.

Who I am is what fulfills me and fulfills the vision I have of the world.

The moment good taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost.

Allow God to continually soften your heart so that it beats for what his heart beats for - people.

I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started

If I'm the godfather of [Obamacare], then it gives me the right to kill it.

I actually had to leave the country for infractions to fall off my record.

People talk about nature as a mother, but to me she's always been Medea, ready and willing to slaughter her children.

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and ... often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.