Like other presidents before him, Barack Obama inherited a recession. But unlike them, he has made it worse, not better.

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.

I choose my reality. My vision and actions create my life. I am an amazing reality creator.

The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also.

Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.

It's all about concentration and repetition. That's all it is.

You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'

It takes a community to start a revolution.

Just when you think you can't go on, somewhere a little light comes on.

The nature of light is a subject of no material importance to the concerns of life or to the practice of the arts, but it is in many other respects extremely interesting.

Reverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding.

Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.