“ Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. ”

“ If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. ”

“ We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas. ”

“ It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas. ”

“ Don't be afraid to see what you see. ”

“ I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. ”

“ Man is not free unless government is limited. ”

“ Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close. ”

“ Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. ”

“ There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. ”