“The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity,”

“People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy”

“He not only had the gift of reading men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they fe...”

“The air of compromise is rarely appreciated fully by men of principle. C. Vann Woodward”

“With Johnson, you never quite knew if he was out to lift your heart or your wallet. Roy Wilkins”

“He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones.”

“A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have ...”

“It takes a society to raise a generation.”

“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. Its everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery B...”