He's a wealthy man, a very wealthy man. If you have a half a million-dollar purchase from Tiffany's, you're not a middle-class American.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.

I admire those believers who speak of such things with the same aplomb as if the'd just split a beer with God in the cabin next door.

Thou wert my guide philosopher and friend.

Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

A certain kind of permission is given to live differently, to conceptualize and to act according to a new conceptualization.

I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.

Withdraw your awareness from everywhere and just let it rest within yourself, and you have arrived home.