My belief is that most of the limitations people have or face are self-imposed.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

A great teacher plants the seeds of greatness in the minds of future generations.

You ever try holding, say, even a single chapter of a novel in your head? Consciously? All at once?

Orr slept. He dreamed. There was no rub.

Chronologically she is twelve but emotionally she is older, and intellectually older still.

You can be happy where you are.

Krishna was conceived in the womb of Devaki mysteriously as the sun setting in the West imparts his rays to the rising moon in the East.

Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was.

London keeps me grounded. We don't get praised every time we open our gobs there.

I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.

I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.