This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation.

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.

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry relatives.

Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.

When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it.

I can tell you, having been in court today in New York, that the requests for the video outtakes have been dropped.

Indians and animals know better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine, and good water.

As with mosquitoes, horseflies, and most bloodsucking parasites, Kenneth Starr was spawned in stagnant water.

Bones heal, chicks dig scars, pain is temporary, glory is forever.

Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.

As a society we cannot seem to make peace with nature. As individuals, it's hard for us to be at peace with ourselves.

I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!