I was raised - my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can't go back and undo that decision.

Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris ? It's not known, it's never been tried.

It takes leaders to grow other leaders.

There isn't any real science to say we are altering the climate path of the earth.

I was the first Blunt ever elected to anything.

The shortest path to more American jobs is more American energy and more jobs that relate to American energy.

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician.

There's no doubt that cable news hosts can say things that the president of the United States shouldn't say, and people can be harsh at you. That doesn't mean you benefit by being harsh back.

The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative sense.

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be, like the reality of yesterday, an illusion tomorrow.

I look back on my life like a good day's work it is done and I am satisfied with it.

That's all I want, to keep losing myself.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

Did you know that the original title for War and Peace was War, What Is It Good For?

A guy at ABC told me to change my name and get a nose job. I said 'You get a nose job.'

...the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.

Honor the image of God. Human beings are not accidents, but creations.

First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.