I would like to see additional funding for entrepreneurial development programs.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.

Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.

Politics is a contact sport.

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent.

We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate.

There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neither party is aware of that. They're too concerned with blasting each other.

A loving heart blooms like a flower that attracts all the beauty and light of life.

A friend is one who withholds judgment no matter how long you have his unanswered letter.

Every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.

I love working in the theater.

Nothing doth so much keep men out of the Church, and drive men out of the Church, as breach of unity.

Furthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development.

I knew I wanted to be a writer from as far back as I can remember. That was my talent. Lord knows it wasn't math.

Being thin is not more important than enjoying life

I think one of the unique aspects of Catholic school education is the opportunity to care for the material and intellectual needs of the child in a community atmosphere.

Art is an effort to make you walk a half an inch above ground.