If I wanna be president, I probably can.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

alone but trying to survive alone.

I'm offering a special prize for the first Buick on the moon.

The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.

Be your biggest competitor - challenge yourself each day to be better than you were yesterday.

You don't have to live with anger, or sadness, or jealousy. You don't have to judge yourself, make yourself guilty, and punish yourself.

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

The word devil is very beautiful, if you read it backwards it becomes lived.

I do like fantasy films.

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good.