When the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

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.

All deities are external manifestation of humanity's internal divinity.

The Muse herself makes some men inspired, from whom a chain of other men is strung out who catch their own inspiration from theirs.

It is okay to date and experience all the excitement, thrills, and passion that romance offers, but let the love of your life be yourself.

An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology of liberalism is an absolute evil.

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.

What renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.

Detroit is largely composed, today, of seemingly endless square miles of low-density failure.

Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.