I am all for contraception. And I am all for preventative measures that are legal and safe, and should be taken.

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.

All happiness depends on courage and work.

By all means, somebody will oppose it, but if only it is a noble cause pleasant to God, you have no reason to retreat!

Even cats have questions – like “Can’t you see my bowl is empty?” or “Why don’t you turn off the ***! rain now?” From their perspective we are gods!

In the screwed-up life I’d been dealt, she was my only source of comfort.

Who or what inspires you?" "I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself.

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

Nice things are nicer than nasty ones.

Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.

Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.

Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral