I would say that foreign policy is a place where intelligence, resolve, clarity, and confidence in cause, is of extraordinary importance.

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.

Learning is the process of making ideas, while studying is the process of using those ideas.

To survive one tragedy was to learn you cannot survive them all, and this knowledge was both a freedom and a great loss.

I guess I could have a couple of secrets.

Even the most casual events are connected to God's purpose for His people from all eternity.

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

Were my smile not submerged in my countenance, / I should suspend it over her grave.

It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility.

It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.

So what am I willing to do? Do my work heartily, unto the Lord. There is no higher accountability in life than to do something for God. So that's kind of how I operate.

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.