The TARP program was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.

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.

Never take your eyes off your opponent, even when you bow.

Every year there's a jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Getting on the jury is very competitive in France. Not because the French love cinema, but because they love to judge.

I think it jumps generations. You get a screwball in one, and then the next one is straight, then you get a screwball. My grandmother was goofy, my mother was straight.

No lie can live forever.

Don't respect a lot of rappers, feel I had a harder life

Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity.

People confound, misuse, interchange thinking and speaking, not realizing that speaking is for communication and thinking is for action.

The blessings of the priesthood are infinitely greater than the one who is asked to administer the gift.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.