The thing is if you control the Senate meetings you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Because power corrupts society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

There are two ways of attaining an important end force and perseverance the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

We believe that it is very important that we have hopefully averted what would have been the most substantial headwind of all which is a default for the first time in our history and that that will contribute to a more positive environment that we hope will allow for greater growth and job creation.

We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.

The most important thing is to stay positive.

It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director and have it be a positive one.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

I took some me time. I think that's a really important thing to do for yourself especially in this business. And now I feel like I'm in a really good positive place in my life.