Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.

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.

Whenever I ask a question, and the pain comes, I know I have asked a really good question.

I am a firm believer that when a person makes mistakes or fails to see the bigger picture, God will remove opportunities from before them.

Would they be cheered by their recovery, or marked for life by their trauma?

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

I enjoy life. I think I'll enjoy death even more. Life is too confusing.

When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.

People who want to be amused have lost the art of living.

What does it mean to be born? After we die, will it be the same thing as it was before we were born? Or a different kind of nothingness? Because there might be knowledge then. Memory.

In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger.

Thou hast the most unsavoury similes.