Healthcare should be about market driven solutions, not government mandates.

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork.

I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere.

You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.

You don't need to come from wealth or privilege to make a difference.

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.

In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.

I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardee's.

In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.

As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our nation's vital interests.

Freedom within is embodied in things as well as people. Like coins tossed into a wishing well, they contain our hopes and dreams.

A guy walks up to me and asks, "What's Punk?". So I kick over a garbage can and say. "That's punk!". So he kicks over the garbage can and says, "That's Punk?", and I say, "No that's trendy!

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Creativity is the evolutionary impulse in the Universe.

The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.

I want to show that I can pitch well and get along with the guys in the locker room.'

The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.

I knew about things like Iggy Pop and The Velvet Underground, weirdly, before I knew about David Bowie. I didn't know what David Bowie was, when I was a kid. I thought he was like Visage.

Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast. I'm not talking about onset or duration. I mean the quality of the insanity, the day-to-day business of being nuts.

Little boys are a ton of fun.