"One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up."

"Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?"

"Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems."

"Bloomberg's $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently."

"The beauty of the unknown is that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"The beauty of the unknown is that character is forged in the fires of discipline."