I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault.

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.

To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.

This, Derek, is what you’re going to turn into without her in your life. You can only get worse from here. This is why you need her.

Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.

I like sets that feel small. Sets that feel really big are difficult. When you're on a big set it feels like there's constant mis-communication.

Nothing's ever entirely new. It's more a matter of what gets picked up from the past at each time.

Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well.

I write by ear. I tried writing with the typewriter, but I found it too unwieldy

If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us

I like to keep my face "pretty" because then I won't be like oh my god, what are you doing here?

It's not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have.