I'm not sure about these cookies ... They came from the local 7/11 bakery, or whatever.

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.

Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.

With most people doubt about one thing is simply blind belief in another.

I spend almost every morning with mail.

I think there's something unromantic about marriage. You're closing yourself off.

A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed.

I have no intention of ending my career in a rooming house, with full scrapbooks and an empty stomach.

History shows you don't know what the future brings.

I prefer my prose evocative rather than simply effective, with a bit of poetry to it.

People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.

Some things we have only as long as they remain lost, some things are not lost only so long as they are distant.