Philadelphians continue to benefit every day from the flow of federal dollars to improve our infrastructure and create jobs.

The U.S. and Europe may have more breakthroughs in neuroscience, but you have to put that in perspective. The U.S. has 350 million people, and there are 28 countries in the European Union. Israel is third behind these countries in its neuroscience developments, but per capita, it is way ahead of everyone.

There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.

Democracy derailed is democracy denied.

Writing in India will not dramatically change till we learn to value books.

Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.