Join me in welcoming the next president of the United States, Paul Ryan.

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.

Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.

Those oft are stratagems which errors seem Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.

I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer."

What does it matter if a few barking dogs snap at the heels of the weary travelers? ... The caravan moves on

Find your spirit, and no challenge will keep you from achieving your goals.

The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And vines are running fire along the ground.

There's definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies.

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.

I love cigarettes. Love them. I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is.