I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

What? You don't trust me?

Well, Im wrestling alligators.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time.

Don't try to impress a loser because If one is not happy about the things happening in their life, one cannot be happy about the things happening in someone else's life.

I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Onassis told me. He begged me to come to the wedding.

I report as a machine; I write as a person. That clear dichotomy softens the transition.

To Norwegians, the polka is a form of martial art.

Beauty might prevail in the very short term, but in the medium and longer terms, cultural norms - primarily those values and norms influenced by family - were more important.

There is never a beginning, there is never an end, to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself.

Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.