What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]? That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.

We in this House are role models. People all over the world watch us and study us. When we fall short, they lose hope. When we fail, they despair.

You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.

GOP represents people, but Dems communicate better.

If we'd had government on [today's] scale in the 1840s, the stagecoaches would have hired lobbyists to get a bill passed that railroads could not travel faster than a horse because it would be an unfair competitive advantage.

Lions cannot afford to hunt mice because they literally will starve to death, even if they catch them. Lions and all large carnivores have to hunt game large enough to justify the investment, so they have to hunt antelope and zebra. Why is this important? Because most senior executives are really big on chipmunks.

I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.