"The other day [the President] said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. Would you like a puppy?"

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend towards more freedom and democracy, but that could change."

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit. ... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

"This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor."

"You’re close, but you left a little something off. The 'e' on the end."

"He went to the finest of private schools, and I am a public school graduate. Given the poor state of public schools it is obvious why everybody makes all those jokes about me."

"I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in L. A. My answer has been direct and simple. Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. But there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed."

"Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility."

"Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn't help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown — a character who supposedly epitomizes today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman — mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another "lifestyle choice.""

"I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well."

"I believe that I've made good judgments in the past, and I think I've made good judgments in the future."

"We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to move forward."

"We understand the importance of having the bondage between the parent and the child."

"I made a misstatement and I stand by all my misstatements."

"The future will be better tomorrow."

"I was known as the chief graverobber of my state."

"This is where the Continental Congress met over two hundred years ago during the American Revolution. So, Lancaster was actually the capital of our nation for one day in 1977."

"I also try to discipline myself when I get into a situation ... and I'm trying to think of an answer, instead of being verbose, which is a tendency that I have, to be concise. Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."

"If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure."

"Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the back! ... That's a Hoosierism. You've got to get used to that!"

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

"What we have here is clear-cut evidence that illegitimacy—something I've always said we should talk about in terms of not having it—leads to drug abuse."

"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."