I mean, the Obama position has been, "We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it."

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.

We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.

I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day.

I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.

I want what I want when I want it.

What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.

The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.

The forms of art are inexhaustible but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

Democracy has now become corrupted by the nature of the funders.

If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks.

If you consider, for example, that democracy is much like a religion then 9/11 is akin to finding the body of God.

As I turn 91... I have to admit my hours at the easel have diminished.

The recipe for success . . . customers will get what they want, when they want it . . . you will see more revenue, greater brand loyalty, real relationships, and a competitive edge.

Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.

You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.