We're not looking at banning all weapons.

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.

We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.

Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.

Patriots don't let their nation default.

Sometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing.

Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.

It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. Its not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

Things do not happen to us… They happen because of us

God loves you. God doesn't want anyone to be hungry and oppressed. He just puts his big arms around everybody and hugs them up against himself.

In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.

Memory as an inversion of historical time is the essence of interiority.

I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.

You can grow apart from people very quickly.

Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter. The best of us start from scratch with every new book.

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.