I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I would see.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

Do not take the grace of God for granted.

When a man's busy leisure strikes him as a wonderful pleasure and at leisure once is he? Straightway he wants to be busy.

Don’t trade the ultimate for the immediate. Don’t settle for less, wait for God’s best.

Basically I started playing double handed on both my forehand and backhand side because my first racket was very heavy.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers.

I knew absolutely nothing about bondage. I'd always presumed it was just an inventive way of keeping your partner from going home.

The procreation of [the diseased, the feeble-minded and paupers] should be stopped.

I'm not trying to put on airs for anybody. I'm only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet.