“I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair.”

Let’s hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

Nobody’s been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.

Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.

The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.

That’s more important even then what their background is or what they’ve done before, how good they are, how new they are or whatever. All that stuff is really secondary to just getting along with the person.

It’s against type in the sense of my background, but it’s with type in the sense that I am a loner who’s new to this business and sceptical about a lot of it.

I’m not from a particularly sci-fi background. I’m not anti sci-fi at all, but I’ve never been known as a sci-fi writer and, suddenly, I was creating a flagship BBC sci-fi show, which is terrifying sometimes.

I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

I feel really passionately about safe, comfortable roads, crosswalks, and sidewalks. Everyone of all economic backgrounds should be able to get to school or the grocery store safely and efficiently so they can live better lives.

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.