Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama.

South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.

But to say that Sarah Palin and the tea party movement is responsible for vandalism or threats is just a way to dismiss the American people and, and their dissatisfaction with this health care bill.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.

Being a happy warrior, you also have a lot of fun in what you do because you believe in what you're doing.

If Newt Gingrich would be President tomorrow, I would be a happy person.

Incredible that liberals aren't more concerned about the monopoly of information in South Dakota.

Solutions-oriented campaigning with a little passion and a little humor; I think that will go a long way. I think people are desperate for it.

...one is reminded that [John Kerry, D-MA] really just a better-looking Ted Kennedy, a richer Michael Dukakis.

The American movement, Tea Party, whatever you want to call it, I think that is a very hopeful moment for the country and, I know, we really are the community organizers, are we not?

Getting an education is the best journey to unfold your own beauty.

My books are friends that never fai

I am part of what she thinks is her illness, a symptom of which she thinks she has been cured. She, on the other hand, is what I was looking for.

The children start school now in August. They say it has to do with air-conditioning, but I know sadism when I see it.

Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

Entertainment alleviates the fear of life, but art vanquishes the fear of death

I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit.

When we have no room for the Word of God in our lives we have no room for success.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.

Hope radiates outward from the center of our concerns. Hope dares us to stare the miraculous in the eye and have the courage not to look away.