"In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age."

"This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage."

"We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care."

"Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race."

"My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it."

"Wisdom principle 84 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."

"Wisdom principle 45 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 33."

"Wisdom principle 73 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."