“ Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars? ”

“ It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations. ”

“ Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission. ”

“ Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids. ”

“ We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families. ”

“ We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis. ”

“ Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics. ”

“ My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did. ”

“ Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism. ”

“ I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically. ”