At Odessa we became Texans, and proud of it.

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.

I have a love/pain relationship with her. Love that caused more pain and pain that changed me.

Thoughts, quotes, and philosophies—good or bad—cause us to evaluate ourselves. And that is good.

Players have two things to do: Play and keep their mouths shut.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture.

Pilates is amazing, my posture is so much better and I'm even starting to get muscles on my tummy - it's incredible.

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Anger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal.

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.

Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and which has the wider vision?