You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

I think there are a lot of good ideas there. I think, again, progress has been impeded by the polarization of the issue. And we need to look at some short-term actions that we could take to improve the system, to start helping people have health care be more affordable and accessible, while working on a longer term solution _ which takes time, it takes consensus, it takes not worrying about who gets the credit.

I think Marty was really surprised. He had been complaining all day that nobody had called about his birthday.

A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self-denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.