Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.

Politics is a contact sport.

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent.

We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate.

There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neither party is aware of that. They're too concerned with blasting each other.

Go by your own conscience.

But the walls of my resolvemortared with stubbornnesshave been breached by circumstancesI cannot handle alone.

She ignored his feverish, sweaty skin, his violent trembles, and she kissed him. As he passionately held her against him, the whole world disappeared. It was just him. It had always been him.

Death is not a trip, but a destination.

When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.

We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark.

No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean

He’d developed a strangely tender feeling towards such words, as if they were children abandoned in the woods and it was his duty to rescue them.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

I never felt pressured to create more stories, but dealing with people became really aggravating.