We're the generous country, we're the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage of because of that.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.

My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

But questions that don’t answer themselves at the very moment of their asking are never answered.

We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the process by which results are arrived at.

These people [Bush Administration] are for the most part rip-off artists. Notice that they're all gas and oil men from Cheney, to the two Bushes; I think Rumsfeld also.

I love it. I hate that word (fatherhood), but I love being a father; it's changed everything in so many ways.

Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.