Our economic competitors ... are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table.

So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic services to our citizens and not have to cut things that really are painful.

Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.

We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic.

Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

Don't mistake niceness for weakness.

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

There's more technology in your car than there is in your computer. It's got thousands of parts in it. It's extremely sophisticated, all that robotics.

As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.

I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need

Even the most ill-formed words, set to paper, are a great blessing.

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.

Running strengthens self-motivation.

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

Vittoria slipped off her robe. 'You've never been to bed with a yoga master, have you?

Wikis and social networking are just tools.

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.

Beauty can get a woman what she wants: love and money. But when beauty leaves you, so can the things it brought.

Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another.