The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.

If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money

Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to run a bank, a car company.

It is ironic that Samuel Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Al Gore was attending his now famous fund-raiser with Buddhist nuns in Southern California.

Accidental, unintended connections are the best concocted by the universe long before realizing the moon's heartbeat was waiting for you.

The triumphs of a mysterious non-meeting are desolate ones; unspoken phrases, silent words.

It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.

My favourite city is Moscow, because of its history, which I find fascinating. As I learned to speak Russian, it made it even more interesting.

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.

The good thing is we got this over in spring training. We played them three or four times and got all the hugs out of the way. Now it's time to go out there and beat them.

Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them.

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.

I race kind of sparingly.

What unknown seas of feeling lie in man, and will from time to time break through!