I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenue in half? That's why the healthcare system won't change the healthcare system.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.

From my standpoint, I want to work with homeland security, justice to make sure that U.S. citizens' vote is not diluted.

My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

If you are your worst critic, don't be angry if others try to claim the title.

Playing show after show is like my bread and butter.

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.

The percept is the landscape before man, in the absence of man.

I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

The past is certain, the future obscure.

When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.