My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.

Personally I support 14,000 kids in Zambia - I feed and clothe them - but I don't hold press conferences about it. I don't do it so you'll think what a nice person I am; it's private.

The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.

Government employees make a good amount of money - income levels are very high in Washington, D.C. compared to other markets, so they are living in a bubble.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

During a time of war, we ask our troops to give their best even to the point of sacrificing their own lives. When compared against that, how much of a sacrifice is it for a president to engage in a possibly contentious debate with Congress about whether military action is a good idea?