Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

He's a million rubber bands in his resilience.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic.

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.

Now it's just sharp elbows, and instead of having a caucus where you sit down and say, 'What are you doing for your country?' you sit figuring out how to screw the other side.

If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth

The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.

Hopeless heart that thrives on paradox

The courage to keep trying is willingness to triumph.

The moment you blame life for who you are is that very moment you ignore your talents and inner abilities to change the world.

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and after these the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster.

You are a genius beyond description, so start telling yourself that and become aware of who you really are.

You got some cheap foreign labor to protect Lissa?

Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up.