In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.

Humility is a teacher of itself. It is learnt by means of its practise.

I am my own heaven and hell!

My mother told me, 'Always do your best, ' and my dad says, 'It's important to be humble. That's the key. They're not there for you. You're there for them.'

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.

God bless Merle Haggard. He did all the things that Johnny Cash was supposed to have done.

Beauty is the radiance of truth, and the frangrance of goodness.

Talent can't be taught, but it can be awakened.