I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back.

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.

Every mistake is a new style.

Everything good or true that the angels inspire in us is God’s, so God is constantly talking to us. He talks very differently, though, to one person than to another.

It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every being born into this world has to work, not merely to keep himself alive, but to strive towards perfection.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

words can never get at the truth.

I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end.

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.

I don't always like writing, but I very much like having written.