I just think that the independent voters are going to take their time and look at both candidates.

We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

People are working harder and harder than ever before and barely staying in place.

This economy is not getting better and the president's policies are the reason.

I would love to be able to serve in office in some capacity with Romney as president.

I've been very active in Missouri.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

I will rather be poor doing what I love, than to be rich hating what I do.

There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.

If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.

A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye," he said. "It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.

About the only time Congress conforms to the will of the people is when it decides to adjourn.

You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it.

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.