I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

When troubles come into my life which burden my heart and my mind, I know that God will guide me by making his presence shine.

Waves don't think, plan and prepare to better their rise after every fall. They are pristine as they are.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

Boys are the cash of war. Whoever said: we're not free spenders- doesn't know our like.

Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention.

When I was 15, I got a job at the first Hollister that opened up.

All farms are much alike everywhere, and all wild places have their own beauty.

My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If you read romance novels, then try writing one.

If you're going to do a movie about the Village, it's pretty nice to shoot in the village and not be in Toronto.

At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough.