I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

The promise to save or create a ‘perfect’ humanity is almost always only and excuse for the urge to rule it.

Top dog, top hat, move that muscle, move that fat.

My photographs are not just about the instant of movement you capture in the camera. It's much more total, about constant movement that became static.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

A hot producer might not make a hot beat for me. I just love music.

Every day is the start of something beautiful.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.

I don't have many people showing up at my door. Very few people come out. When they do, I get a little suspicious. I live way up on a hill, way, way back in the country.