We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement - put me in, Coach.

By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

I'm the tortoise in the race, but I'm a joyful tortoise.

If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language.

We can grow economically and restore America's leadership in the world, so that everybody has a chance to rise up.

The progressive and liberal mindset believes that to every problem there is a Washington, D.C., solution.

What you praise you increase.

I never met a man who was shaken by a field of identical blades of grass. An acre of poppies and a forest of spruce boggle no one's mind.

What happens with experiences that really move us deeply, that really effect us? They make the world new again. What it does is it heightens our sense of mortality.

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.

You can't feel happy unless you feel free.

A new book is just like any new product, like a detergent. You have to acquaint people with it. They have to know it's there. You only get to be number one when the public knows about you.

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?

The rider and the team need to understand one another and work in the same direction. Then the rider's happy, and only then will the rider be able to give 100%.

I know somebody in every culture.