I feel very strongly about making work pay, about getting people transitioned from welfare to work. Get people skills they need, help they need, so they can get on the ladder of life.

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.

…only then did I wake out of the book.

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba

Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.

People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

I've made hundreds of legendary records that people talk about that didn't sell.

I am simply a book drunkard.

Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised.

Cause hearts are amazing things. They get lots bigger to make room for new people to love alongside the old people you love. -Simi

Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance.