We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

Rationale still remains the greatest impediment to encountering God's mysteries.

Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.""Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.

Do you think Patrick Swayze now goes up behind people in pottery classes and hugs them just to crack up other ghosts?

On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.

I belong to this race, and when it is down I belong to a down race; when it is up I belong to a risen race.

Husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order.

If you truly love someone, then the only thing you want for them is to be happy....even if its not with you.

Before you pledge your undying love to someone, make them promise they won't die.

Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.