Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.

Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

The philosopher seeks a generality beyond the boundaries of science

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years.

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.