So it is the business community and agricultural community who I think might have the most influence on helping us make this effort more bipartisan.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

What? You don't trust me?

Well, Im wrestling alligators.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

We are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later.

A smile is a sparkle of your soul and a glint of light from your heart.

The best way to transform ourselves is by transforming our consciousness and awareness.

Your past does not define you but what does is who you are now and what your AIMING to BECOME!

Time, the ultimate arbiter of what is of value in life.

Teachers are directed to instruct their pupils... and to awaken in them a sense of their responsibility toward the community of the nation.

As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.

First and foremost, that's what I am, I'm a writer. I can't draw worth a darn. I don't draw, I write.

In science, the most exciting expression isn’t ‘Eureka!’ It’s ‘Huh?’

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.