The United States does not torture.

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 stand and feel an overpowering urge to forgive, because I realize that my father can't help himself, that he never could help himself, any more than he could understand himself.

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

You can't bury a part of yourself that's so innate to who you've been, even if it's not for the sake of anything other than a pure enjoyment of it.

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

Negative people often tend to create negative cultures whereas positive corporate cultures are created by positive people.

If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make.

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.

One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.

We do teach our kids the golden rule - Do as you would be done by.