You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.

The wind doesn't bother me. I'm in the US Senate.

Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.

We know smoking tobacco is not good for kids, but a lot of other things aren't good. Drinking's not good. Some would say milk's not good.

We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith... Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives.