Men and women of every faithб and good people with none at allб sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life.

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.

They drink from streams whose waters taste like tears, and indeed each swallow fills them with a few heartbeats of deep sadness.

I have a plan, and I’m following it. I can focus on doing what is within my control, and I don’t need to be afraid of the results.

It's as if all your past is written on the blackboard, and if we could erase it, your past would no longer exist. The way you do that - the only way you do that - is in samadhi.

If journalism were a religious order, George Orwell would be its patron saint.

But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.

Be humble and grateful for what you have and the universe will reward your gratitude.

God demands nothing less than self - surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having.

So, 'reaper' is really just a nice word for 'covert pervert?' Is that what you're saying?

Walter Benjamin has this notion of the angel of history and in a way that's paradoxical itself. We don't have angels in history anymore. We don't believe in these mythical creatures anymore.

A contrarian approach is just as foolish as a follow-the-crowd strategy. What's required is thinking rather than polling.