I met a guy yesterday, 7 feet tall. Yeah, handsome, great big guy, 7 feet tall! ... I figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport.

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.

Leadership brings people together.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

Falling in love with someone is the surest highway to hurt that I know. When the door to love opens, the window to control closes.

He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it.

The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.

Man by violating his own feelings becomes cruel. And how deeply seated in the human heart is the injunction not to take life.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

How can you think about the world without factoring in the unforseen, the fluke event?

Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.