"No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience."

"We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up."

"They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel."

"What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two."

"I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them."

"It's amazing how stress keeps you trim."

"You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams."

"Truth never damages a cause that is just."