I think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard.

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.

Yoga is the dance of every cell with the music of every breath that creates inner serenity and harmony.

Guilt is the toothache of the soul.

You are human and mortal

I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.

The only important lesson from the Vietnam War is this: Democrats lose wars.

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny.

Our bodies are molded rivers.

There is something in us that keeps us where we find ourselves. I think this is the most awful thing of all.

All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature.

While all the future, for thy purer soul, With "sober certainties" of love is blest.