I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

Anything worthy is worth the fight!

NOT everybody is stupid the same way. Stupidity varies

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in.

We've never done a coordinated music effort. Everything else we've done has been around a holiday - Halloween, Mardi Gras, half way to Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day.

Choosing to be miserable is an option, but not one I recommend.

Creation and creativity are inextricably linked.

I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people.

I feel that movies are gifts that come to you, and there are no accidents in what you end up doing.

Over Kyle's shoulder she could see grandpa, looking like a cross between a grizzly bear and a giant pissed-off blowfish.