If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.

We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.

I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day.

I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.

I want what I want when I want it.

What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.

The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

Until you actually possess true peace with God, no one can describe its wonders to you.

We're living tragedies, just passing time 'til our funerals.

Look at yourself, you’re old, too, but still doing your work. This is what we are, Philips. This is what we are.

A meal was no more than a fragile defense against the inevitability of the next meal. Food itself could never answer the question of food

Ever since I've switched to the clean syringes, I've never felt better in my entire life.

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

Our God is a consuming fire. He consumes pride, lust, materialism, and other sin.

A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically.

I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten.

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.