We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they cannot keep.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

I would rather suffer with passion than not feel anything at all.

People make decisions, and maybe you don't always agree, but those choices are still their own.

Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself.

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.

Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them

To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.

I like musicians who look at the public. You have to bring the music to the largest number. Otherwise, we'll [the Jazz players] stay in the clubs. Jazz must be accessible to everyone.

I won't be going to any New Year's Eve parties because I think they're naff. No one over the age of 15 should bother going to parties.

Shake and shake the catsup bottle none will come and then a lot'll.