It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.

We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.

I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day.

I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.

I want what I want when I want it.

What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.

The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That's what I did. I asked for help.

There cannot be creation without a lot of energy.

The mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation.

I don't do a lot of guest shots on television.

I'm very much for making everything safe. The more natural the means we use to raise our vegetables and get rid of bugs, the better.

My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.

With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.

People think that I live in England and have a British accent.

There's no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California.

People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.