We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.

Never place a period where God has placed a comma.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

A friend asked her doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said, "Thirty-five children is enough for any woman.

This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them.

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

I don't see what difference it makes what side it's [your bread] buttered on. I always eat both sides.

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

My mind works so fast. When I think of something I say it. Lots of times I say it even before I think of it.

A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for.

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

Dreams, after all, are insubstantial things, like mist itself.

That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

I teach literature. That's easy for me. Take someone else's work and talk about it.

In order to succeed on the athletic field, it is necessary to succeed in daily life. Your spirit and your life must be perfectly trimmed for the chi to flow properly.

Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.

If I could persuade myself that I could find Him in a Himalayan cave I would proceed there immediately.

All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.

I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.

The goal of the Redemption is the redemption of truth.

If we start deciding, based on guesses or emotions, whether we will or won't participate in a business where we should have some long run edge, we're in trouble.