Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified.

For I who hold sage Homer's rule the best Welcome the coming speed the going guest.

I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent.

Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart.

I grew up and still didn't know what it meant to be a man.

The future cannot be legislated. All that can be done is to anticipate its most important movements and to clear the path for them.

Don't want anything. Then you get everything.

... true financial freedom doesn't depend on how much money you have. Financial freedom is when you have power over your fears and anxieties instead of the other way around.

A writer either speaks to adults and bores kids, or speaks to kids and upsets adults.

You must not you worry about leaks or pieces [stolen] on your computer. You just make songs, you gotta make music, keep stuff out. You may not know rap, but that's how it works.