Im not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street.

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

Our first responders risk their lives to help others. The least we can do is make sure they have the resources they need to do their jobs.

Any time the president talks, you listen.

A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to win the War on Terrorism.

For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.

We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. Americas lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns.

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

Multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about.

To him, who still would gaze upon the glory of the summer sun, there comes, when that sun will from him part, a sullen hopelessness of heart.

Always feeling rushed is no way for a prosperity-minded individual to live. The objective of life is not to get through it as fast as possible.

I wish that food trucks could exist here in Chicago like they do in Brooklyn and in New York, where you're actually cooking off the truck.

...where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility.

I did no research on The Best Man. That was something that came out from my own head.

I have been asked whether it is strange when a big story and big business for you is tragedy or ill fortune for someone else; but the fact is that is how many things in life work sadly.

If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.

When you've got it, flaunt it.