Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

If you really want to help the poor, help the rich. They're the ones who will invest, build more factories, create more jobs.

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking.

Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

The only reason I'm writing this down is to show how human reason, even very sharp and exact human reason, can get crazily confused and thrown off the track.

I don't have time for a job that doesn't leave me time to be quiet or still or to pray.

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent.

The Bible is one, Old and New, in my particular tradition.

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

You may almost forget the smell of your family.

Life is good - we forget that.

If you want to make a chili, you're going to break some cows.

How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we've had?" "I sweat perfume. Like all girls.