My doctrine is as I've described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

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.

The man slips along the stoically congealed houses Perpendicular like them A moving ornament Burning fiction His fragility contradicts the duration of his torments

It's all easier said than done, and it isn't even easy to say.

If you're losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one.

The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.

I get into a rut, unable to yank my mind out of it.

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

I'm an actor, and part of my joy and my curiosity about the job that I do, is that actors have the privilege of exploring human nature in different ways.

If I was dead broke and had to feed my three children. I'd do anything.