When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.

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.

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

He'd have to be blinder than a bat. ~Alexander

We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.

Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

If you are wearing clothes that you enjoy wearing, everything you do in life becomes fun.

Every day, you are to offer your life to God for His service. You do not serve Him in your spare time or with your leftover resources. The way you live your life for God is your offering to Him.

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money.

I don't want to say anything about my kids...but I go to PTA meetings under an assumed name!

I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time.

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.