The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East, and we're not going to be divided along any lines.

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.

I've said my patience is not infinite.

Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.

I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.

Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.

I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.

If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?

I don’t think very many people get converted by someone telling them they are terrible. No one I’d want to rub shoulders with in Heaven, anyway.

I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.

I would love to take off the stilettos and put the boots back on. Strap something to my hip, and let's go!

To be a true fashionista, you have to be on the best-dressed list and worst-dressed list.

I'm no longer a prisoner of my fears. Which really just means I'm using real butter.

The Soviets sought not a place in the sun, but the sun itself. Their objective was the world. They would not tolerate compromise on goals, only on tactics.

I wish the dashboard indicators for lights were standardized throughout the auto industry.

Messi is on a different level. The fact he is doing what he is year after year says that he is the best of all time.

Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing.