"You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world."

"I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth."

"Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times."

"If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life."

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

"Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice."

"It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics."

"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."