Jim Quotes

American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.

Judeo-Christian conservatism overcomes natural selfishness.

Freedom solutions - cross-state insurers; health cooperatives.

Not federal government's job to do good deeds.

Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.

As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.

I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.

Spending is an addiction.

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

Partner with churches to assist the poor.

From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.

Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.

The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.

Ideas are more powerful than people.

I think I'm the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.

I have no plans to run for president.

I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

I don't even like playing a contentious role.

Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.

You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck.

I turn the good parts up and the bad parts down

What makes that record special is something that is gone from music today - it's called a rhythm section.

I haven't seen a lot of young producers who work the floor in a traditional way.

If you want to know why you didn't make a boat -- I'll tell you. You're just out there hammering the water. You're killing fish, not rowing.

It seems almost inherent in human beings that when you are thriving for a certain level of spirituality, you tend to reject clothes, and the implied need to hide yourself.

Going forward, my mind will be open to every solution - except one. We should not - we must not - and I will not - raise taxes.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

Clothing is viral, impermanent in a way that public art cannot be. So I like thinking of how corporate-created clothing can be seen as a form of public art.

I always feel like it is a privilege to be able to be an artist and to be able to exhibit my work all over the world.

Im attracted to the things that people throw away - the shadow goods, in Jungian terms.

Writing rules is not one of the more 'glamorous' aspects of working on games. It is a task that is, in general, more drudgery than glory.

America has been a beacon of hope for vulnerable people throughout the world.

George W. Bush is a leader, and that's what we need in the White House. George Bush is someone you can believe and trust.

Having the attitude of just playing the game isn't my strength. I have to be productive. That's my responsibility.

I like to have a good time. I'm playing a great game, so why should I stop smiling when I get on the field?

I honestly think people are tired of reading about me.

I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?

If it doesn't seem like I'm working hard sometimes, that's someone else's problem.

Birds are extremely valued as indicators of overall environmental health. If there's a problem in a wild bird population, it's indicative that something went wrong.

For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.

Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even worse, as the fulfillment of God's will.

...how odd to think of one's life not as chapters in a book but as complete volumes, separate and distinct.

Don't you know that I laugh because it is my last defense against tears?

There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented.