Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.

...it begins with isolation - demons always inhabit desolate places...

I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.

I'd rather be good than lucky.

I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned against us by the people we're trying to combat.

The most important thing in life is to love what you’re dong, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

[On John F. Kennedy:] ... now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.

Nutritional excellence is the only real fountain of youth.

Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

I stayed away from drugs, I never smoked a pipe. When I wanna get high, I smoke the mic. I never did white lines, I only write lines, and I ain't sniffin' nothing but the vapors from hype rhymes.