"Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys"

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting"

"Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast"

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"

"Science does not know its debt to imagination"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"

"If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic"