There is no question we are having a difficult time rounding up the votes.

I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake.

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.

There will be fiscal issues that are appropriate to discuss.

There's a fine line in being too specific so you can't be too flexible, and being too vague in being specific and people not thinking it's meaningful.

The reform of government needs to continue.

Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

The more attention you give to your loved ones, the less affection you recieve from them.

Vampires have credit cards?""We're undead, not Amish.

The hour is only love thus, if you've waited.

I experience for the American officers and soldiers that friendship which arises from having shared with them for a length of time dangers, sufferings, and both good and evil fortune.

If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be the height of confusion.

The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.

Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.

You measure a church's strength, not by its seating capacity but by its sending capacity.

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy.