In the United States, if you buy a property and you're a good citizen, and you improve that property, what do they do to you? They tax you more. So they penalize you for good behavior.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Having declared a passion for his wildness, she had sought from the beginning to tame him.

Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.

Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.

(it was) beautiful, like so many senseless things.

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

I'm a big fan of Shake Shack.

An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;The birds singing gayly, that came at my call,Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.

And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary?

Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus.

Love's stories written in love's richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.