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

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.

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.

When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.

When time is reduced to linear progress, it is emptied of presence.

A disloyal friend is no friend.

Thinking of a series of dreamsWhere the time and the tempo flyAnd there's no exit in any direction'Cept the one that you can't see with your eyes

I put all my positive energy into positive action.

When you don't have the pressure of pleasing someone else and do something because you love doing it, that's when the best works are born.

That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.