A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires.

Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success.

The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas and their solutions align with yours.

Let me tell you what the Cain Doctrine would be, as it relates to Israel if I were president. You mess with Israel, you are messing with the United States of America!

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. [...] A manly man don't want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza.

It's not about me, it's about the grandkids. That's what a lot of people don't understand about what Herman is up to.

Stupid people are ruining America.

Don't blame Wall Street. Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!

It's not Planned Parenthood. No, it's planned genocide. You can quote me on that.

I am suspending my presidential campaign.

Be the author, not the reader, of your own life.

FAMILY. The ties that bind. The cement that builds character, strength of purpose, mutual respect, values.

I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.

Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.

the Sanctuary was reserved for the rich and elite--those with fortunes, not soldiers of fortune.

It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.

I believe that a smile is the attribute of a positive attitude, both for yourself and the perception of others.

Steve Marcus was one of the greatest saxophonists in all of music. He truly was able to unite jazz with the popular music of the time.

I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody and then we would arrange it. We'd put it together and I would write lyrics to my melodies.

Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for what I was working on.