Outside of the family, education is the greatest determinant of social mobility.

Once our country is fully engulfed in a debt crisis, our economy will be torn apart, and every American will be a victim of the federal government's failure to prevent this disaster.

When it comes to tyrants, dictators and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand.

Peace comes through strength, not through retreat.

I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better.

My belief is you have one chance to make a first impression.

We know Africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do.

The simple truth is that the implementation of Obamacare has hurt Americans and their health care more than it has helped.

America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.

Were you lying?""I never lie, " he said piously. "About what?""The sand, the snake."For a young man who never lied, he seemed surprisingly unoffended by the question.

Logic pervades the world the limits of the world are also the limits of logic.

Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.

I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

The sun exactly at noon is exactly [beginning to] go down. And a creature when he is born is exactly [beginning to] die.

When I finally write the first sentence, I want to know everything that happens, so that I am not inventing the story as I write it - rather, I am remembering a story that has already happened.

The greatest ability in the whole human race and all amongst the livingness, is the ability to help.

I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.