I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

Not every problem is solvable, okay.

I want to see the economy rebound.

If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.

It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

I started working when I was 13, picking up trash, bagging ice.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few but we can't have both.

I know I looked skinnier in The House Bunny, but thanks to my diet of beer and doughnuts, I'm back to my fightin' weight!'

Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle.

Never be too busy for the people you love. Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relationships. Love is what gives meaning to life.

My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.

Pop music really is a love and a joy and a science [of songwriting].

I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays.

I imagine there are things I wouldn't do, but I haven't been offered those recently either.

History happens one person at a time.

The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.