Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.

I think it would be worse to get mauled by a dancing bear than just a regular bear because you can't totally blame the dancing bear.

And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.

The phrase "corporate identity design" seems to be a bit exclusive it sometimes frightens the smaller client who can't relate because they don't consider themselves "corporate."

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

Ever heard of the word please?" "Never.

We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.

There are only five top models in the world: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer.

I think that when you reveal things that are going to cause pain, you have rhetorical resources in poetry.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.