I think that, you know, when we start talking about the Tea Party, people want to marginalize that into some kind of organization or party, but it really isn't.

We’re supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.

We need to diversify our economy, and the energy industry would be a great place to begin that diversification.

I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices

And we know that once we have a majority that are dependent upon the government, we will lose our freedom; it says we go into bondage. That's the next stage.

I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems.

We have put in so much entitlement into our government that we really have spoiled our citizenryand said, you don't want the jobs that are available.

I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.

They [Republicans] say, 'You're too conservative.' Was Thomas Jefferson too conservative? I'm tired of some people calling me wacky.

People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator...

There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.

But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.

Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

It's almost dawn. You can feel it coming. The world holds its breath, because there's really no guarantee that the sun will rise. That there was a yesterday doesn't mean there will be a tomorrow.

I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

A mother's love is like an island, In life's ocean vast and wide, A peaceful, quiet shelter, From the restless, rising tide.

I used to think getting old was about vanity but actually it's about losing people you love.

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.