I will get America working again and see rising take-home pay again.

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.

Diets are for people who are thick and tired of it.

If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.

Not all things worth counting are countable and not all things that count are worth counting.

What is your one-sentence job description?

The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.

If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.

In leaving Hollywood and coming to New York, I feel I can be more myself. After all, if I can't be myself, what's the good of being anything at all?

I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and it's been a very split kind of response.

My moods are continuously shifting like the weather.