Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

We're a superpower with a third world grid.

Natural gas is the future. It is here.

Recognizing and preventing men's health problems is not just a man's issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men's health is truly a family issue.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.

"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."

You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

I'm not a big believer in doing things unilaterally. I'm a big believer in opening up a dialogue and figuring out how we can make something work for all people.

One should show one's scars, not hide them.

I’m selfish.Selfish enough to want it all.And I know if I don’t have you . . .. . . I don’t have anything.

Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty.

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make it true. You see?

When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

In the spiritual journey, you cannot be a wine taster, you have to become a drunk.

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not good to do religiously.

Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid.

The shamrock is a religious symbol. St. Patrick said the leaves represented the trinity: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. That's why four leaf clovers are so lucky, you get a bonus Jesus.

One thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.