The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.

I am in control here, in the White House.

To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue.

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.

Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.

Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.

This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

They say the crazies come out at night. I say the crazies come out during election year: Elections have the power to turn once seemingly normal people into certified loonies.

The illusion of beauty - the rule of comparisons.

Sanders was a friend of chickens.

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

One's strongest asset is simultaneously his point of strongest vulnerability.

I have little tolerance for incompetence, sloppy thinking, and laziness.

Writing is?waiting for the word that may not be there until next Tuesday.

It didn’t matter the quality of the writing— Callie’s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic.

To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.