We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

I think very fundamentally to being Libertarian is not having a social agenda. I accept who you are and the life that you live as long as your life does not adversely affect mine.

I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.

A wasted vote is voting for someone that you don't believe in

My next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration.

Republicans are horrible with civil liberties, and not so good with dollars and cents. Democrats are horrible with dollars and cents, and not so good with civil liberties.

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.

Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

Life's a party. Invite yourself.

Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.

I'm asked, what about criminal prosecution of those on wall street? You know what, it's probably because none of them committed any crimes. They just made some incredibly bad decisions.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Yeah. I know why she cuts. I just don’t know the seed-reason. It’s deep inside her, and it’ll take time and patience to get it out of her.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

Why do people who read Shakespeare still spend hours watching shitty TV or staring out of the window or arguing about whose dinner party to go to?

I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom.

But I miss the woman I was, even as I learn to accept the new creature I’ve become.

Someday, when in the presence of our Savior, we will thank Him for every burden, every trial, and every heartache.

From the spring of 1941, I controlled all prices in the United States. You could lower a price without my permission, but you couldn't raise a price without my permission or that of my staff.

Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.