I think you need to have a tax system that basically is flat, fair and simple. And - that you can put on a post card. I mean, even Timothy Geithner could do this one and get it on time.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

… I don't know what to say.'‘That’s okay. Sometimes talking is like singing in a storm.’‘Like when you’re scared?’‘Exactly.’‘Or when you’re sad?’‘That too. A voice can be reassuring.

Helping people and putting smiles on their faces is a great, great thing. God only knows why more people don't do it more often.

Let's be clear, I'm a strong woman.

The MacGuffin is that thing which is most important to us - that most essential thing. The audience will supply it, each member for himself.

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts.

Every time I had a vision of myself lying dead somewhere, it was up there, in the Highlands.

When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.

I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women.