You have to remember, eight out of 10 businesses in America, they file their business as individuals, as people.

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.

True humility means giving joy to others.

Maybe good luck was like bad luck in that it took a while to sink in.

You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout.

Growth and fulfillment come from abandoning old practices and embracing new ones.

I'm 27 years clean, and when you get clean, you see things in a different way. It makes your life so much more manageable.

For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

We can't be trapped by fear. Lives lived within such walls are just slower deaths.

Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.