Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'.

People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them.

Rick Perry's an idiot, and I don't think anyone would disagree with that.

I believe any decline would lock in a Fed increase with some certainty.

With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very dumb idea.

There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital investment for about year. At some point, machinery wears out, and you've got to replace it.

So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's something we certainly need to keep an eye on.

The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer gave them the benefit of the doubt and started seeing the glass as half-empty.

When you love somebody you justify negative sides of this person, but if you are disappointed in your love yo lose every chance to do it

Surfing is so much work. It's one of those things that I just love, but it's so hard.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.

Life has everything in it. But you only see what your perception allow you to see

I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm here to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us.

And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?

How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic Party of war and Wall Street.

Things are different in the international relations between states. In this respect, I am neither a friend, nor bride or groom [of the West].

As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.