We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

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 expression of preferences is the essence of love.

You can't reinvent yourself using spare parts..."--Barry Randall from My Father's Ashes

The only consent hinge in life is that everyhin is changing. And that's a little scary, but it means that hints can't be bad or hard forever.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

I'm like any other woman - my weight fluctuates. I have a pair of jeans one size bigger than the other just in case that week I'm a little bit heavier.

I'm a great believer that if you don't get the ball to the hole, it won't go in.

And I offer you this parable: Not a few who sought to cast out their devil entered into the swine themselves.

An interested person is an interesting person.

Pity that the only way to paradise is in a hearse.

Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance.