The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.

When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do.

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.

Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.

Self-creation is the highest art.

When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.

It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out the uglier everything seems.

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off.

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

If you gotta label me, label me proud.

Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.