It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

...the imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

There are strategies to score or to be ahead but there is one strategy to learn which is curiosity.

there is both fear and comfort to be drawn from devils--the fear speaks for itself, the comfort comes from being able to absolve oneself of responsibility for one's actions.

I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world - even shows that haven't been on the air for a very long time, that's going to be harder to pull off.

I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.

Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed.

Put yourself in God’s hands and you can’t go wrong.

It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one's generation.

A circumstance which has always appeared wonderful to me, is that such sublime discoveries should have been made by the sole assistance of a quadrant and a little arithmetic.