If the election had turned out differently, I could be the one overseeing the signing of bailout checks and Vice President Biden could be on the road selling his book 'Going Rogaine.'

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.

Because I have no actual sisters, it is my friends from Ames who’ve exposed me to every facet of womanhood.

In every voyage, be fully present.

Believe in yourself.Carve your own path.Build your own dreams.Be your own hero.

Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head. (339)

It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy

I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'

I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?

I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.