Government does not solve problems it subsidizes them.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little the problem is that government spends too much.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having but it would not be a good song in my eyes until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song it's just complaining.

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace good people don't go into government.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances or whether you are going to taste it enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes it was 29 years.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?