The first job of the president of the United States is to protect your safety and your security and the security and safety of your family.

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker John Boehner.

America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.

I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed.

You know, something may be going down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart!

The greatness of America is in the American people. And what we need to do is get the government the hell out of the way and let the American people win once again.

They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers.

You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.

I am who I am, but I am not a bully.

I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.

A novel rough draft is like bread dough

John McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building.

I have a very well organized closet.

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write.

He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever

There's never been a better time than now to start or accelerate a greentech venture.

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

If you can get conservatives to sit down for 20 minutes and listen to you on drug policy reform you might have a good chance to - if not convert them - at least respect your opinion.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.