You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

In order to compete with God for the dominion of the world, Satan, whom Christ called “the prince of this world, ” was forced to go into the “religion” business.

She has to live, Eliott. I owe her a lifetime of apologies.”“Sometimes I think that’s all we owe our parents.

It's easier to believe the most outlandish lie that confirms what you suspect than the most obvious truth that denies it.

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.

It's why muse is so impatient with me. I don't ever go to her until after the teaching or whatever is over.

There are plenty of Christian writers out there telling people what they should think. I'm happy to be one of the Christian writers simply telling people to think. For themselves.

Everything you need to know is right there inside, waiting for you to tap in and discover it, and then hopefully do something about it.

Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.