Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

I don’t much care for all this talk of God washing away all my dirt. I like a bit of grit around the edges. It gives me character and does a passable job of faking depth, from a distance.

Scientists have to have a metaphor. All scientists start with imagination.

Bedtime stories were definitely a big part of my life because I was just so excited my father was talking to me.

Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur... Eventually

After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.

Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.

Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel.

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.

We shake with joy, we shake with grief. What a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body.

I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.