When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.

To the extent that we can shine a light on the bad things being done, that's going to have a positive impact.

If people don't get as engaged as the tea party was, we're going to lose.

Obama had a mandate for change and Trump clearly does not.

Another crucial thing the tea party did really well is to focus in on the folks who are more or less on your side, and make sure they are as bold as possible.

Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.

I really do not think there is a serious split between Republicans and Democrats in Congress in how responsive they are to constituents.

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain wide open.

The last birthday that's any good is 23.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

You really dug your own grave,” he mutters. “And I’m going to bury you in it.” “Say that louder,” I tell him, under my breath. “I dare you.

I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre. If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her.

It's OK to tell your partner to objectify you. That's part of the fun of having a partner.

Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.

Clearly it is not the lovelorn sufferer who seeks solace in chocolate, but rather the chocolate-deprived individual, who, desperate, seeks in mere love a pale approximation of bittersweet euphoria.

Maybe you simply criticized someone you hardly knew. You ruined part of their life. For them, part of your life, too.