We must do right and risk the consequences.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

Those irritations and uneasiness you are faced with are evidence that you have an assignment to fulfill.

I don't believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.

Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.

If Hillary Clinton had policies that would more likely make people's lives better than Republicans, I'd be for Hillary. I'm for whoever will do that. I couldn't care less.

I always second-guess what I am doing.

Redemption is invented by the sinner.

Fare thee well, and if for ever Still for ever fare thee well.

I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation

It's easier to crush a dream than realize one, forming a bond is infinitely more difficult than breaking one

The spaces between the perceiver and the thing perceived can [...] be closed with a shout of recognition.