One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money.

We are looking for ways to decrease the dropout rate. I am pretty sure, if we eliminate career and technical education, we are going to increase the dropout rate.

If we abandon marriage, we abandon the family.

I used to be a retailer, and I find it discouraging when somebody comes in and they pick something up and they say, 'Now if you'll sell it to me without the sales tax, I'll buy it.

If you're not at the table, you're on the menu

Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward to save money.

We are truly one nation, under God, indivisible and that we must remain so in the face of any threat to ensure our country remains strong, united and free.

I think we have got to get the Republicans and the Democrats to get back to what I call the fiscal conservative, the issues that drive the tea parties.

The base of our party is commonsense conservatives.If the Republican Party gets back to that base, I think our party's going to be stronger and there's not going to be a need for a third party.

Businesses large and small shouldn't have to check the expiration date of a tax provision to see if it's still good.

The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.

When our passion for the Great Commission, becomes our search for the Great Politician, we know we're lost.

In his last days on this earth, he’d wanted to know if this was all there was.

I envied Lesley her unshakable optimism. She always looked on the bright side of things. If they Had a bright side.

This wasn't a person, Zuzana thought, this was greed wearing skin.

When something serious happens in your life, something bad comes out of it but also something good. You get to see who is real. Who your true friends are, and who truly loves you. 

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

I can't get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything.

You've got to be smart enough to write and stupid enough to not think about all the things that might go wrong.

No outsourcing the "soul" of the company - let's all agree to that. But most companies are more body than soul.

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.