We are living longer, and we need to live better.

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.

The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another. Whereas I would have followed my head ten years ago, now I'm as likely or more likely to go with my gut feeling. It's ironic - you'd think the opposite would be true as you move to the top but it's not.

We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on.