"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live."

"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision."

"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."

"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest."

"For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda."

"I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general."

"Republicans have been losing the war of words for years now. Now they are just caving because they don't even want to try. I don't agree with that approach."