Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man’s good character is marked by his impeccable attire.

Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts.

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Faith is the physical description of God. That's what He is. It's the only word we have in our language to accurately describe His physical form.

The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.

My accent always works with girls. They like it, I have no idea why.

I was annoyed and I was crying [her honest reaction to losing a tennis match at the US Open]

Christians are losers.