If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore ?

We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing.

There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold.

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

Don't you ever touch me. Don't ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

If it is warming, it's because it's happened before, cyclitic, it will happen again, regardless of what you and I do.

Russia's increased Arctic presence. The Arctic has vast natural resources and security value, and Russia is drastically increasing its footprint in the region.

Thy fate is the common fate of all Into each life some rain must fall Some days must be dark and dreary.

I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

Twelve for 23... It doesn't take a genius to see that's under 50 percent.

Be it or be it not true that Man is shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin, it is unquestionably true that Government is begotten of aggression, and by aggression.

Hold your breath. Try holding your breath for just thirty seconds. That’s all it takes. Try it right now while you are looking at this line. Now…on the twenty-ninth second, do any opinions matter?

I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.