The reason I love being a senator is that I can have whatever thoughts I have, say whatever I want about any subject at any time, and that is a wonderful feeling of freedom, and I cherish that.

Everybody is a football senator for a while, but it is a much shorter season and there are not that many teams that are on top, and baseball is just built into the American psyche.

There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years, and he could have it earlier.

We will push through health care reform regardless of the views of the American people.

Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of the Congress.

The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no sense of intellectual integrity.

I don't think so, and that's partly the problem of not checking cargo, and it's partly the problem of biological weapons, which nobody has figured out really what to do about yet.

One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to the stability of the world.

Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that.

Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety to their country.

There is a difference between being a political force, or a political apparent force or a potential force, and between a real discourse or a real argument.

It’s a father’s place to hate the son-in-law. It’s our place to put them through h*ll just to make sure they know what they’re doing.

You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them.

I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.

But if that's what you want to be, that's what you will be - as long as you study.

Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.

We let off a Dungbomb in the corridor and it upset him for some reason—" "So he hauled us off to his office and started threatening us with the usual—" "—detention—" "—disembowelment—

The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated.

They're a damn nuisance - I've got one in my bathroom and every time I run my bath the steam sets it off.