I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

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.

The most important thing in life is to know what you truly want. Then finding it is easy.

Is it how it feels to do the right things? Because it sucks!

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them to be.

bad news travels faster than good.

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

Jests that give pains are no jests.

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.

Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but also died before us.

Life is great, football is better.