Close loopholes, close the special interest Washington carve outs and that means more incomes subject to taxation so we're going to lower the rates on our businesses and be fair.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

Write from the heart. A book without a pulse is like a person without a spirit." Linda Radke, President of Five Star Publications

Writing is the act of finding out what I think.

I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.

I'd like to cry now. Don't know how.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

I've been acting since I was 10. At age 14, 15 and 16 it's difficult to find roles and to find yourself even and when everyone's eyes are on you, it's difficult.

For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.

California is an Italy without its art.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.