I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.

If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.

Containment is a strategy for losers! But as General George S. Patton famously observed, Americans play to win all the time. Americans don't play to lose.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

People have been predicting the death of television for 20 years now, and so far it's been entirely wrong. But it does seem viewership habits are starting to change.

Trips to the dentist - I like to postpone that kind of thing.

Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?

Information may inform the mind, but revelation sets a heart on fire.

I did a lot of crazy things so I'm surprised to be alive.

I also avoid green vegetables. They're grossly overrated.