We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.
TOM DASCHLE Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided re...
TOM DASCHLE Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.
TOM DASCHLE Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel...
TOM DASCHLE The strong-arm tactics being used by the administration are clearly backfiring,
TOM DASCHLE I was struck by how vacant the galleries were and so few seniors citizens looking down, ... What you...
TOM DASCHLE I think it's critical that the president lay out whatever evidence to suggest that [Saddam] poses a ...
TOM DASCHLE where I come from would earn a trip to the woodshed.
TOM DASCHLE We have chosen to be very prudent in my view, in taking only one [parliamentary option], that is to ...
TOM DASCHLE It's unjust and doesn't make good economic sense,
TOM DASCHLE All of the Rush Limbaugh wannabes have a very shrill edge.
TOM DASCHLE If you burden any vehicle ultimately that vehicle stops,
TOM DASCHLE coercion is not his first option, but it's an option.
TOM DASCHLE I would advise them not to skip anything at this point. They're legally bound to fill out the forms ...
TOM DASCHLE We are awed by their sacrifice and their bravery, and we want them and their families to know that t...
TOM DASCHLE That report is now a month overdue, ... We don't yet know what the administration's official positio...
TOM DASCHLE They're rolling a dice and in my view they're going to come up the big losers, ... They think there ...
TOM DASCHLE If we can't even figure out how it was that they enacted the threats or moved through that attack, a...
TOM DASCHLE Some people say it will take another miracle for this Congress and administration to find a way to w...
TOM DASCHLE Their plan leaves nothing for Medicare -- not one penny. It explodes in costs just as the Baby Boome...
TOM DASCHLE People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to ...
TOM DASCHLE Republicans claim they want to support civil rights. We want to give them ample opportunity to demon...
TOM DASCHLE Obviously, so much can happen between now and then. But you'd have to assume the presumptive nominee...
TOM DASCHLE I think it undermines the fragile coalition that we have with our allies,
TOM DASCHLE Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in th...
TOM DASCHLE This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.
TOM DASCHLE I'm very disappointed and somewhat surprised that there has been that kind of activity this early, ....
TOM DASCHLE They would rather use this as an issue to run scurrilous ads.
TOM DASCHLE There have been so many unexpected twists and turns in the proceedings and in these developments to ...
TOM DASCHLE You almost need to take a nitro-glycerin tablet just to read these numbers,
TOM DASCHLE It's way past time to close this gap,
TOM DASCHLE wanted to veto the defense bill, go ahead.
TOM DASCHLE a great leader for our country because what he's saying is, you know, with all due respect, we don't...
TOM DASCHLE saddened that this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced to war.
TOM DASCHLE Alice in Wonderland economics.
TOM DASCHLE There really is no more important issue Congress should be working on this year, and in this time of...
TOM DASCHLE Rush Limbaugh and all of the Rush Limbaugh wannabes have a very shrill edge. And that's entertainmen...
TOM DASCHLE explain to the American people why they want to use Social Security trust funds for the tax cut.
TOM DASCHLE There is no erosion of that support, ... There is extraordinary belief that the vice president and S...
TOM DASCHLE If I just did it to help Democrats, I guess I am puzzled why so many Republicans would help us.
TOM DASCHLE In 1981 ... I sat in the House chamber when another new president talked to the American people abou...
TOM DASCHLE the best we can get under these circumstances.
TOM DASCHLE We have, in my view, come some distance, ... We got a long way to go before that can be achieved.
TOM DASCHLE Why does their proposal exclude over 100 million Americans from its limited number of protections? ....
TOM DASCHLE All along, the administration vowed their policies would be painless,
TOM DASCHLE There is no effort being made on the part of any Republican, that I'm aware of, that would allow us ...
TOM DASCHLE There is no doubt that if we have lost that much money in retirement accounts, we lost that much mon...
TOM DASCHLE When you look at what John Edwards has done for working families, for people who have been fighting ...
TOM DASCHLE This may be the first budget in history that wasn't just dead on arrival -- it was dead before arriv...
TOM DASCHLE Prescription drugs are an integral part of medicine today, they ought to be an integral part of Medi...
TOM DASCHLE Our expectation is that we can do it together, our hope is that we can do it together, Republicans a...
TOM DASCHLE the tears.
TOM DASCHLE It's a major embarrassment, and it's a recognition that we still have a lot of work to do.
TOM DASCHLE I think it's sort of the combination of 'West Wing' and 'Seinfeld.' We meet once a week, but nothing...
TOM DASCHLE We were promised that if we gave huge tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, the benefits would trick...
TOM DASCHLE They want to pull the bill in a clandestine way. They want to be able to pull the bill with our fing...
TOM DASCHLE It involves greater surveillance. It involves improving the working relationship among federal and s...
TOM DASCHLE There's a right way and a wrong way to cut taxes. The Republican tax cuts reward the few, our tax cu...
TOM DASCHLE What I'm going to do is talk to my colleagues a little bit. It was a very helpful briefing, and we w...
TOM DASCHLE The deficit is going up exponentially ... This is a clear editorial on the fiscal policies of this a...
TOM DASCHLE By shipping nuclear waste on trucks and trains and barges, we may very well be creating hundreds, ev...
TOM DASCHLE A new year brings a new opportunity to start over,
TOM DASCHLE I don't know that anyone in this country could view what we've seen so far as a diplomatic success,
TOM DASCHLE As a veteran, there is no question that I stand strongly with the troops,
TOM DASCHLE The most important piece of this package is unemployment and health benefits for unemployed workers,...
TOM DASCHLE Every Medicare beneficiary can choose whether they want prescription drug coverage or not,
TOM DASCHLE It was a very helpful briefing.
TOM DASCHLE I don't want to see them left high and dry just like the Enron employees were left high and dry with...
TOM DASCHLE The gimmickry in this bill is enough to make an Enron executive blush.
TOM DASCHLE It's hard to express how angry I am about these attacks, how proud I am of the brave response on the...
TOM DASCHLE We lost an extraordinary judge, an extraordinary member of the Supreme Court, someone who has had a ...
TOM DASCHLE Obviously, given the level of his dissatisfaction, you would think they would have picked up on it a...
TOM DASCHLE The way to resolve it is simply for the SEC to release the file so that there isn't any more outstan...
TOM DASCHLE I can't imagine that we would pass any bill that would tolerate slipping back into a level of intole...
TOM DASCHLE I think it is fair to say that there is a growing number of economists that question the stimulus,
TOM DASCHLE When I was accused of being an obstructionist, there was a corresponding, a very significant increas...
TOM DASCHLE You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all s...
TOM DASCHLE Both destiny and free will exist simultaneously. You are destined to be given some opportunities but...
TOM TOM During times of hardship people find happiness in simplest pleasures
TOM TOM Am I good enough?
Trust.
TOM The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this ...
TOM REISS Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they ca...
TOM LANDRY There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail aro...
TOM HANKS Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
TOM CRUISE Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
TOM CRUISE Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomo...
TOM CRUISE When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. ...
TOM CRUISE I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.
TOM CRUISE I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybod...
TOM CRUISE When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that include...
TOM CRUISE Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right t...
TOM CRUISE I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and ta...
TOM CRUISE If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ...
TOM CRUISE Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
TOM CRUISE What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture,...
TOM CRUISE I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.
TOM CRUISE As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I...
TOM CRUISE The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell yo...
TOM CRUISE The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you sur...
TOM CRUISE I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&...
TOM CRUISE I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot o...
TOM CRUISE I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn'...
TOM CRUISE Do I make mistakes? Yeah.
TOM CRUISE I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a littl...
TOM CRUISE I go without sleep, I just go hard.
TOM CRUISE When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to...
TOM CRUISE Football is unconditional love.
TOM BRADY My favorite meal has always been fried chicken.
TOM WATSON The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.
TOM HIDDLESTON Eighteenth-century doctors prescribed sugar pills for nearly everything: heart problems, headache, c...
TOM REISS Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
KIANA TOM Good things, when short, are twice as good.
TOM STOPPARD Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper...
TOM STOPPARD The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe th...
TOM STOPPARD I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
TOM STOPPARD My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
TOM STOPPARD The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; ...
TOM STOPPARD I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones...
TOM STOPPARD Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
TOM STOPPARD Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
TOM STOPPARD All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. An...
TOM STOPPARD Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
TOM STOPPARD The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with t...
TOM STOPPARD For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clea...
TOM STOPPARD Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
TOM STOPPARD Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
TOM CONTI I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quart...
TOM CRUISE Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibil...
TOM BRADY Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all...
TOM BRADY Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ...
TOM BRADY The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
TOM BRADY I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
TOM BRADY So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they me...
TOM BRADY If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
TOM BRADY My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe t...
TOM BRADY There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look fo...
TOM BRADY I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, y...
TOM BRADY I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch...
TOM BRADY You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help th...
TOM BRADY The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
TOM BRADY When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.
TOM BRADY I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'...
TOM BRADY Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geome...
TOM DELONGE I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
TOM BRADY What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and t...
TOM COTTON So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlis...
TOM LANTOS I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie ser...
TOM HOLLAND Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crust...
TOM DOUGLAS I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowi...
TOM CRUISE I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool...
TOM HIDDLESTON Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Ever...
TOM WAITS Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.
TOM DOUGLAS You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, eac...
TOM RIDGE America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness a...
TOM HARKIN My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've p...
TOM DOUGLAS I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Purita...
TOM FORD Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema...
TOM HANKS I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES We are set to make very bad history.
TOM WILSON These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.
TOM WILSON If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?...
TOM WILSON What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.
TOM WILSON The waist is a terrible thing to mind.
TOM WILSON Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
TOM WILSON If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've l...
TOM WILSON Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!
TOM WILSON Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.
TOM WILSON There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past.
TOM WILSON Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.
TOM WILSON About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
TOM WILSON If I ever had an out-of-body experience - I'd try to come back to a different one.
TOM WILSON I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.
TOM WILSON Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.
TOM WILSON A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range!
TOM WILSON Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.
TOM WOLFE It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
TOM STOPPARD Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.
TOM WOLFE Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of disease...
TOM ALLEN Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards,...
TOM HANKS Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. B...
TOM STOPPARD Everybody who is anyone wanted to meet a real life gangster, and here's Joey Gallo hitting the s...
TOM FOLSOM The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
TOM LANDRY From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can lite...
TOM STOPPARD No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned w...
TOM WATSON Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what i...
TOM WATSON Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick invo...
TOM PETTY I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term w...
TOM STOPPARD Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.
TOM LEHRER I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
TOM HANKS Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.
TOM WAITS A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.
TOM STOPPARD I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has f...
TOM COTTON When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I...
TOM STOPPARD We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
TOM STOPPARD The notion that the 'leader' has the right to ask huge sacrifices of your generation for a n...
TOM STOPPARD The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bi...
TOM ODELL After the first day of practice, there's not one guy who's playing at 100 percent or who fee...
TOM BRADY There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance E...
TOM ROBBINS I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I...
TOM FORD When I was a reporter in Bristol, which I was between the years 1954 and 1960, the newspaper would g...
TOM STOPPARD