If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog.

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going.

...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.