It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

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.

Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too, ” said the snake.

Deception is a temporary medicine that gives relax for short time, but when the truth gets at even the actual medicine breaks down.

Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at a book festival.

Sometimes, when you're so sad you don't know what to do, it helps to be angry.

Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims

I'm quite dyslexic in school.

Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.

I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh.

Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.

People find it hard to understand how I can risk ruining my career as a musician by injuring myself on the slopes, but I've always been a tomboy.