Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

Sophia Loren is not a citizen.

I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.

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

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.

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

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