I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

I hope that in future Congresses there will reemerge a recognition that climate change is a reality, that our policies to meet our energy needs must also deal responsibly with environmental issues, including the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

I never considered the move to Washington to be a permanent move.

I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

In the end, a gun is an instrument to make someone surrender to your will or die, and music is exactly the opposite - it's seductive and invitational.

Every chick I try to intimidate in a different way. You have to think about their personality. You have to think about what would get under that particular person's skin the most.

A shaman is someone who has a wound that will not heal. He sits by the side of the road with his open wound exposed.

When I think back on high school, I always tried to make silly videos with my friends.

Stillness is the only thing in this world that has no form. But then, it is not really a thing, and it is not of this world.

I'm so good at procrastinating.

We're definitely honest with each other... if your sisters can't tell you that you look ridiculous, who can?

For clothes, I like Anna on Regent's Park Road. Anna Park, who owns it, has an amazing eye for fresh, exciting clothes. I also love Arrogant Cat on Kensington Church Street. Space NK on Duke of York Square for exciting potions. I think I stretch the term 'tester' way beyond its boundaries.

In the pulpit, we're supposed to present the teaching with all of its unvarnished clarity, but when you step out of the pulpit, you have to meet people where they are and try to walk with them.

Slavery is the next thing to hell.

It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

I mix all different oils - my bathroom at home is littered with oils; I'm really into natural beauty and natural healing. Peppermint is really good if you put it on your stomach for a tummy ache; lavender is kind of all-purpose - I think everyone should carry it.

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.

Those who want to divide the workers have resorted to the foulest methods.

I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that's the real reason that I went into acting.

I'm not going to pretend that I never fantasized about winning the Hugo. Or the Nebula, for that matter. I just never thought it was an actual real possibility.

Its the most pleasurable experience in the world When youre on a great team and you get hot your teammates milk you dry they wear you out and theres nothing like being on a great team.

I suppose if I wanted to be the girl next door, I could have been. I think America is confused by someone who appears to be sexual and spiritual at the same time.

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children.

It's O.K. to accept good fortune.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

The end result of my personal story is that I became a really good drummer, and I know myself well enough to know that I wouldn't have without this really tough conductor and this really cutthroat hostile environment I was in.