“I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors…” — Chuck Schumer

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'

Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.'