Job growth well in excess of population increase would be a very good thing if it were only that easy.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

In America, small business is a big deal.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

As freedom-loving people across the globe hope for an end to tyranny, we will never forget the enormous suffering of the Holocaust.

The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.

Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month.

Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.

Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.

Obliging elected Democrats willingly pander to the radical lefties who elevated them to their throne.

In choosing Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney made a fantastic choice and a bold statement to the American people.

Just because he likes the same bizzaro crap as you doesn't mean he's your soul mate.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship

I found it hateful, yet I wanted to be part of it.

Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.

Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility.

Memories are less tangible than dreams.

For me, the music is always like the small rowboat I get into at the very beginning of my process.

I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.

To stretch the truth is to tell a lie.

A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch.