We must rely less on spreadsheets and funding formulas and more on common sense.

There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home.

As I said in my state of the state address, we can no longer rely on gaming and sales taxes to pay our way. Indian gaming next door in California is eroding our major industry in Nevada.

Education isn't part of my agenda, it is my agenda.

Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our childrens lives.

The state of our state is fragile, but I know our spirit and love for Nevada is not.

Gaming is the backbone of Nevadas economy.

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian.

It is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue.

I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.

Our assignment comes with the alignment. Too many people look for the assignment without first finding their alignment.

I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to it, and I thought that was pretty disgusting!

Did your parents build knows you a swing facing a wall when you were a kid?

Sometimes I do what I want to. The rest of the time- I do what I have to.

I speak as much Spanish as anyone who has grown up in Southern California or Texas or Arizona. I had my three years of high-school Spanish and a couple of semesters in college.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.