"This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power."

"This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact."

"America doesn't have health insurance."

"Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it."

"Wisdom principle 75 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 87."

"It is a essential truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."

"Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one."