Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

Your tenderness has pervaded into the very pore of my being. Last night I inhaled the fragrance of the moon!

I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist.

With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration.

Love is not love, without a violin playing goat.

The flyscreen door slammed behind me. My feet dragged. I reached each arm into the jacket. Warm sleeves. Crumpled collar. Hands in pockets. Okay. I walked.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it.

["2012"] it was really more about the subject matter, and to do a modern retelling of Noah's Ark, a flood story.

'Come back here, I'm a police officer!' and I shouted back 'No you're not! You're a monster!'