Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

Love is the most valuable currency of life which you can spend as much as you want without the risk of bankruptcy.

You don't have to be a person of influence to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

Life is a continual alternation of rest and action, of the need of comfort and the need of power.

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.

Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.

All you have to do is wear a hat, dark glasses and carry a Greek newspaper.

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.