There are a lot of reasons not to elect me...

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

The change most needed in our lives isn't change in our situations and relationships but in us. The thing God is most intent on rescuing us from is ourselves.

One basis for life and another basis for science is a priori a lie.

Aging gracefully - A that is rejected in 40s, but gracefully accepted in 50s...

Ashley watched her go and saw her square her small shoulders as she went. And that gesture went to his heart, more than any words she had spoken.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

When you're good at making excuses, it's hard to excel at anything else.

Stars will continue to shine even when you are inside the mud; the universe does not care about you!

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

There is certainly no defence or water -proof garment against adverse fortune which is, on the whole, so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.