I am grateful for the men and women who pastor, who lead in churches across our country. Ultimately, their role of loving people and seeing hearts changed is probably the greatest calling.

I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis that was coming to this country. It's unsustainable.

There's huge opportunities to continue to improve efficiency in the way the government operates and improve the way government provides services to its citizens.

You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations coming out of Washington.

With America's role in the world, we have the ability to help protect the freedom of religion around the globe.

People only believe what they discover for themselves. We need to have civil discussions, and look at what the facts and the truth are.

Religious freedom is foundational for our country, and we must lead on religious freedom as an example in America.

I am very grateful for the Catholic Church and its unwavering stance on life. They have been a consistent, uncompromising voice defending life.

Of the five rights listed in the First Amendment. - religion, speech, press, assembly, petition - the very first right protected is freely exercising our religion.

To pastors and leaders who serve faithfully, who work to teach and shepherd those who are in your church or religious institution: thank you for all you do.

I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.

No colour comes after black.

We [ with Andy Samberg] knew each other for the last few years, our names are similar, our looks are a little bit similar, and our backgrounds are similar. The Judaism is quite similar.

What I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition.

Manipulators are very evolved. Energy is food. Forget good and bad. Is the coyote bad and the rabbit good?

What the hell is the sense of trying to hold the Democratic party together, if it's really a party of expediency, something that's put together every four years?

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

There's some of Romeo's romance in me... I romanticise a lot of things in my mind.

It almost made me long for the flying pig. --Percy

Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science.

Decide what you want to do. Then decide to do it. Then do it.