Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.

I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.

I aspire to be useful.

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

Even one heatstroke death is one too many because every death caused by leaving a child unattended in a hot car is 100 percent avoidable.

Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

DESTINY (Determined Effort So Tanacious It Negates Yuck)

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.

The difference being that a nerd would wear a D&D shirt because he loves D&D while a hipster would wear a D&D shirt because it's ridiculous that he is wearing a D&D shirt.

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation.

Everyone crashes Some get back on Some don't Some can't.

The detective and his criminal wear versions of the same mask.

Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead.

We are a social animal, power only exists in a social sense, we have to work in groups.

I don't want to die leaving the world as it is right now.

It seemed to her such nonsense-inventing differences, when people, heaven knows, were different enough without that.