“Facts are stupid things.”

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.

If there’s one observation that rings true in today’s changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

No, I’m just a man committed to great ideas.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

It is time to realize we are too great a nation for small dreams. We’re not – as some would have us believe – doomed to an inevitable fate.

A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets tough.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they’re sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive.

We must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

I was clear about the fact that my first film should be ‘big,’ since it’s the start of your whole career graph.

When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.

In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.

I know for a fact that if there’s a role which I am suited for, I’ll be signed on. I’ll never go begging.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.