This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

Our extended family is an integral part of our daily lives and Connie and I welcome you with open arms.

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.

To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads.

I believe that the whole human race is the family of God.

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth.

I believe in the power of weakness.

I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.

There's an old rule of thumb in politics that 90 percent of all 90 year-olds vote and 25 percent of all 25 year-olds vote.

Whether it's raising the minimum wage, fixing our broken immigration system or supporting an economic climate that gives our businesses that chance to succeed, I hope to continue to fight these important battles on behalf of my constituents.

I felt lost in endless spools of social media. All the while, emails by the thousands were piling up, phone calls were getting lost in the mix, and messages from the most important people in my life were getting drowned out in the din. I was more responsive to comments on Instagram than to my own closest friends and family.

There is surprisingly low penetration still of synthetic rubber gloves in the medical field. People are allergic to natural rubber, but the industry has been slow to switch to synthetic gloves.

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

The great thing for me about 'The Resurrection of Gavin Stone' is it's a throwback to the old fashioned Hollywood movie that you can watch with your family, has a message, and is funny and entertaining. They didn't call them faith-based movies; they just called them good movies.

Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark.

I've been doing this for 33 years, and sometimes you make movies and nobody cares. But when people care, it's the greatest thing in the world - even when it's passionately against the title - because it's going to start a conversation.

To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.

When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.

Contessa, a.k.a. Baboushka, was a leader in the Russian mafia. Hardnosed, ruthless... very much her own woman. She's a martial artist, marksman, and good with guns and gadgets as any good pulp spy should be. She's supported by her constant companion Gyorgy Gyorgyov, an old friend of her family who was, in fact, her KGB handler and inventor.

The Fuse is a solar energy station in orbit 22,000 miles above the earth. But it's more than just a big solar panel array. The Fuse is also home to Midway City, a technically illegal settlement that grew out of a bunch of engineers who decided they'd rather make a new life in space than return home to earth.

I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.

Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son.

You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.

There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.

'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt.

For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.

We think of divinity as something infinitely big, but it is also infinitely small - the condensation of your breath on your palms, the ridges in your fingertips, the warm space between your shoulder and the shoulder next to you.

I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.