We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

Great leaders inspire greatness in others.

Life is more interesting when you colour outside the lines

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve.

The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.

Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.

It was a perfect spring afternoon, and the air was filled with vague, roving scents, as if the earth exhaled the sweetness of hidden flowers.

Whatever house I'm in, I hope she's not in it.

I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.

My proudest moment of my career was opening night in Cambridge and watching the cast take their curtain call. No one was looking at me, and I was floating off the ground. It was just euphoric.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?