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People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.

Actually, I think I come at things a whole different way from most people, and, you know, sometimes political answers are one way to solve the problem, and sometimes there are better ways to do it.

If there is a political cause, then there has to be a political solution.

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.

If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.

I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political aisle. I don't see any other way; if you don't talk to people with whom you disagree, you're never going to solve problems.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.