I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

Do not waste your life waiting for wings. Trust that you can already fly.

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.

I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue.

We couldn't sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn't close out well enough.

I'm very relaxed. I'm very happy with my personal life.

How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?

The intellectual and social climate needed to allow entrepreneurship to thrive will not exist in advanced capitalism.

The day you think you know, your death has happened - because now there will be no wonder and no joy and no surprise. Now you will live a dead life.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.