They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front.

Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs.

It is essential that we provide the best possible care for our wounded and disabled veterans.

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

Well the appeals happening because we believe the certification process uh, hasn't worked out the way it should, that there hasn't been substantial evidence to support their certification.

Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.

With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy.

I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time.

As a part of preparing those lawsuits, learning about those lawsuits, I learned about the various nuclear issues in parts of the nuclear production process I guess you'd say.

Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.

Again and again I will suffer

God created you to be a great, special, and distinguished individual among others, for you to accomplish that which God has put in you

Ya got cigarettes?” she asks. “Yes, ” I say, “I got cigarettes.” “Matches?” she asks.“Enough to burn Rome.” “Whiskey?”“Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain.” “You drunk?” “Not yet.

One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows.

The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same God created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, “seeing that his work was good.”

I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write, and there are very few of them.

It is better to watch people do stuff than to do stuff.

Be ruthless about protecting writing days.

Yes, I have inherited the past because I have acknowledged it at last? And, now that I have come to understand it, I no longer need to look back.

Love trumps everything. Love's decision will not always be kind to your artistic life.