Gun violence is not something that appears just in a bad neighborhood or in another part of the world. It appears right here, right outside your door.

If you really want something, you've got to keep going after it.

We allow words to obscure the interpretation of the deeper meaning.

I could not move them. They would not even agree to a modification, of the ruling (banning the Rand vaccine), which would at least allow the 100 (cancer) patients at Richmond Heights (Ohio) to complete their injections. The Justice Department was prepared to go along, but the FDA commissioner, Dr. James Goddard, was adamant, even belligerent. It's wrong of the government to snatch away this hope when there is no evidence against its use offered in court. It's damnably wrong.

It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even more excited that it will be taking place in my home state of Florida. Regardless of where my rowing career takes me, I am sure to be in attendance in Sarasota in 2017.

We haven't figured out a way to get sensors that can discriminate between decoys and warheads. The technology doesn't exist yet.

People live up to your expectations, not their potential.