I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks.

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.

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

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.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money

It is better to risk starving to death than giving up on your dream. If you have given up on your dream, what's left?

Martin Luther King did not stir his audience in 1963 by declaiming 'I have a nightmare'

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

I guess we have the press to thank for pushing us to see something we didn't see!

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.

Food may be essential as fuel for the body, but good food is fuel for the soul.

Teaching is so rewarding because when you see the look on student's faces when they get it, when you're able to excite them about what you're excited about; it's so rewarding, and it's so much fun.

What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.

For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.