Unless you reduce the long-term spending burden, you cannot cut taxes in any lasting way, but can only shift the burden of taxes from the present to the future.

The experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless.

Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect and those who become a burden to their children and society.

The Democrats in particular are do-nothing guys.

Some people say Earth is the bottom level of Purgatory.' She pointed toward the floor and frowned.'I call it the top floor of Hell.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?

A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.

It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom.

The death of every art form seems imminent at least once in every century; but while the very funeral arrangements go forward, some child is born who is Michelangelo, Picasso, Yeats.

In general, Gazprom is doing well and is increasing export in its traditional partner countries.