We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite our differences, but in celebration of them.

I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.

I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.

The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.

But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.

As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.

Many rogue sites exist to make a profit and others are enormously expensive to maintain. If they don't have the resources to continue stealing intellectual property, they'll wither away.

When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy.

Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake.

Whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.

I was a guy who abandoned a TV show. I didn't care about people.

I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."

Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's loving heart.

You have to stop looking in the mirror and realize that your living for yourself, not other people.

Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard of out of his little circle.