And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

Wisdom is the mind’s currency.

People who can't imagine order without imposition always end up favoring power over liberty.

My mom, through my dad, rented the apartment next door to his... he had the lease on both places. But then, she would dress up and act like his maid... a practical maid. No fantasies.

I think back when I was kind of a crappy writer, I really did know my time was better spent working and having adventures and seeing the world.

Picture what others wish to be, not what they may be now

In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to.

India has created a special momentum in world history as a country to be searched for knowledge.

If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more.

I was really going through a transition in my life. I was tired of feeling victimized by my career.

I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.