“Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time.”

It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…

Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.

You read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.

I’m not a Gingrich fan. He’s just difficult to work with. It’s either Newt’s way or the highway.

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

I think the voters believe that when you become president of the United States, you have a higher obligation and a higher standard than anybody in the world. And if you violate that standard, they’re going to remember it on election day.

President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, ‘I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.’ I’m not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.

There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.

I lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.

Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.

I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.

I think it’s OK to talk about your military service, but there’s a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.

Yet when the blood of the sons of immigrants and the grandsons of slaves fell on foreign fields, it was American blood.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world’s premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.

The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.

Ideas are like wandering sons. They show up when you least expect them.

I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I’m not very patient myself. But I think that I’ve learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it’s the right time.

It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me… that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.

In the germ, when the first trace of life begins to stir, music is the nurse of the soul; it murmurs in the ear, and the child sleeps; the tones are companions of his dreams- they are the world in which he lives