Quotes

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

I am one year older than Nigeria at 51. In a human life, 51 might be old. But it is very young for a nation. By that, I mean a Nigeria conscious of itself as a nation.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry.

Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly.

I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels. But poetry was always there.

Building a successful company (or living a happy life, for that matter) is not about embracing someone else's philosophy, but staying true to your own beliefs about the world and learning from the mistakes you make along the way.

More and more, the things we do in real life will end up as Facebook posts. And while we may be consoled by the fact that most of this stuff is being posted just to our friends, it only takes one friend to share that information with his or her friends to start a viral chain.

Pursuing higher education should not lead to a lifetime of debt that holds people back from important milestones like having a child, buying a home, or starting a business. Sadly, that's the reality for too many Americans struggling with mounting student loan debt.

Through my work with farmers and ranchers, community leaders, and everyday New Mexicans, I know that preserving our public lands is crucial to growing New Mexico's outdoor economy and maintaining our way of life.

I've always made it a priority to stand up for our land, water, and wildlife corridors, and in the Senate, I'll continue fighting for to preserve our precious natural resources for future generations.

The American Rescue Plan saves lives and livelihoods, supports workers and small businesses, invests in rural and Tribal communities, provides a lifeline to our farmers and ranchers, helps reopen our schools safely, and ensures that vaccine shots get into the arms of New Mexicans.

New Mexico is no stranger to strong women trailblazers such as Esther Martinez, who fought to preserve indigenous languages, Georgia O'Keefe, who skillfully captured New Mexico's picturesque landscapes, and Pablita Velarde, who used her paintings to highlight the beauty of Pueblo life.

Growing up on a small farm in Nambe, I learned that our farmers and ranchers are essential workers and pillars of our communities. I also understand the importance of our acequias to irrigate our lands - and taking care of our acequias is part of our way of life as New Mexicans.

Behavioral telehealth services have been a lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it's crucial for the health and well-being of New Mexicans that insurance providers cover these essential services as they would in-person counseling. New Mexicans shouldn't have to foot the bill for utilizing these services.

Over the course of my life, I've been grateful to hear the powerful stories of many of New Mexico's veterans and their families.

New Mexicans shouldn't have to choose between lifesaving medications and putting food on the table - a struggle that too many are facing each day.

The Paycheck Protection Program has been an important lifeline for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic - and it's help kept the doors open for small businesses, restaurants, and mom-and-pop shops.

Downturns in migration almost always prove temporary, as people adjust to changes in American enforcement. What doesn't change is the basic human impulse to pursue a better life in a place where they believe it's still possible.

President Obama started in public life not as an elected official but as a community organizer. He worked with churches and other groups on the south side of Chicago to push public leaders to fight poverty, improve the local school system and make housing more affordable, and to bring about the change the community needed and deserved.

The TPP will be good for the American economy, the Vietnamese economy, and the labor and environmental standards that make life better for our people.

For more than fifty years, our policy towards Cuba was not making life better for Cubans. In many ways, it was making it worse.