American Quotes

Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day.

When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason, we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all that made him will be in that instant gone.

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

Tomorrow lurks in us, the latency to be all that was not achieved before.

One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.

One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.

You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's 13, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future.

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.

Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.

The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.

We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland.

Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

I'm a competitive person.

I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.