I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just doesn't seem to impress Moscow at all.

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.

It may just be because I get homesick, but I have concluded Washington's cherry blossoms are just plain overrated.

I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, 'Candle-making industry threatened'.

The most important social welfare program in America is a job.

Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.

Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.

Happiness is at once the best, the noblest, and the pleasantest of things.

The deterioration of symbols is natural. They wear out, needing to be reclaimed, recreated; returned to the spirit.

This noble body, equipped with everything necessary, almost to the point of bursting, also appeared to carry freedom around with it.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.

Take but degree away, untune that string, and hark, what discord follows!