We got plenty of money in Washington. What we need is more priority.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

my dear, I have nothing to say.my heart burns like the evening sky.

And yet, because I love thee, I obtainFrom that same love this vindicating grace, To live on still in love, and yet in vain

Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up.

Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find more.

Faith is a gift-but you can ask for it.

Don't let them tell you it can't be done.

Women are rising. And I think that's all the violence and war - it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.

I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio.

I'm extremely critical. I don't consider myself a performance artist. I balk at the term performance art.

Underneath my outside face There's a face that none can see. A little less smiley, A little less sure, But a whole lot more like me.