I'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

If reality is as equally valuable as fiction, then you should just chalk up the parts of the past you don’t need to your imagination

I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.

One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you.

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

The only reason we stress is something is happening that we decided should not be happening. It is not the circumstance that is the problem. It is our resistance to it.

I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you.

This is the result of six billion years of evolution. Tonight, we have given the lie to gravity.We have reached for the stars.

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.