I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.

Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

Time is a slippery concept, and we are often wrong about it... All too often we find ourselves looking in the right places at the wrong times.

If a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got?

Dead folks can't hurt you none. It's the ones that are alive, you have to watch out for.

Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.

Be yourself, until you bleed.

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.

A Grandmother is a safe haven.