Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual.

When I hear [about a housing bubble] I get the sense that people aren't connecting the dots.

To a normal person, $10 million will seem like enough. But anyone who thinks that's enough is not the type that can acquire that much in the first place.

I think that the United States should be the leader, not only militarily. We need to stand for freedom; we need to stand for justice in the world, because there aren't too many countries that do.

I don't worry about new home sales

These long-run worries, there's an element of truth to them, but I think frankly the fears are exaggerated.

Some people, perhaps those with more dignity and less rage gnawing at the roots of their being, are nicer as failures, For me, it was like descending a deep pit that had no bottom

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for go live with a car battery.

I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now.

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Anyone who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents.

All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment.

Leadership is not about being important, it's about serving something important.

We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.