My father was one of ten children.

Unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy - the cure is not more government spending, but helping businesses create jobs.

Nevada was hit hardest by the recession - highest unemployment, highest foreclosure rate, highest bankruptcy rate.

I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.

Racial profiling is illegal, and I do not support it.

We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.

As governor, part of my job is to tell people things they don't like to hear.

I'm a strong supporter of states' rights to do what they need.

I am proud of my heritage and my family.

My first job was cleaning sheep pens.

Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.

Don't let the magic slip away, " he says, "or you'll sink into the quicksand of the ordinary.

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.

The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

People do not read, by and large. They watch television.

Everyone grows, everyone has their moments and stuff.

We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice.

A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.

The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.

I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator.