I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

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.

We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive.

I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.

I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money.

Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one 's own heart.)

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

Fame, I mean, it's like a bubble, in a way. It's like something glittery, and it goes, and it can be forgotten fast.