If I'm the godfather of [Obamacare], then it gives me the right to kill it.

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.

To admit ignorance is to exhibit wisdom.

Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

My whole mode is to do what I want to do and let people understand me through that.

My lord, adjudge my strength, and set me where I bear a little more than I can bear.

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.

The history of science is full of revolutionary advances that required small insights that anyone might have had, but that, in fact, only one person did.

Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

In high school I went on about three dates.

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.