We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

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.

Through college she had been a feminist—basically: she shaved her legs, but just not often enough, she liked to say.

Your home is within you, you carry your place in the world.

Meditation is about learning how to rest in uncertainty.

In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it.

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge.

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.

When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

Since male and female incarnations are equally necessary for self-knowledge, it is not right to look upon one as being more important than the other.

All art is political, all art is a martial one.