As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.

Prayer is the breath of life.

The highest aim was never to master Jiu Jitsu

the only thing that really gets hurt when you try and change time is yourself.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

A boat is the hardest think I know of to put into perspective. It is so much like a human figure, there is something alive about it.

People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.

Talking is good. Conversations have to be forever.

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.