Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.

The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book.

Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday, they can grow up and be president of the United States.

I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, "Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area."

Does it make all the difference in the world? No. But there's a great deal of symbolism associated with whether we're going to add $24 billion to the debt in unwanted and unnecessary pork-barrel projects.