My favorite picture is a picture of American soldiers surrounding a guy in a foxhole, Iraqi soldier, and the American guy says, "We're not going to harm you. We're American soldiers."

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Life at best is bittersweet.

If you gave kids peas that didn't look like peas and said they were a space shuttle, they're much more apt to eat them because it's now playtime.

The biggest luxury is a job in which I get to live in New York, travel the world, and work with so many incredible people.

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.

Kim: "What, a coffee? Hollie, I have some bad news. I hate you, okay?" Hollie: "You hate everyone, Kim." Kim: "You're one of everyone.

We must be authors of the history of our age.

A woman in such an emotional tempest is as perilous as a blind cobra to any about her.

Isn't it interesting that all of those people who support the choice of abortion have already been born?

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.