Ronald Reagan — "Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."

"I've never been a great fan of long speeches. I think they're like a good meal: you enjoy the first few bites, but then you start to get full."

"I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake in the afternoon."

"I've been told that my speeches are too simple. Well, I don't know about that, but I've always believed that if you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well enough."

"Some years ago, the novelist, Ken Follett, wrote a book, 'The Man From St. Petersburg.' In it, he describes a Russian agent who was sent to London to assassinate Winston Churchill. Now, I thought that…"

"The taxpayer is the last person the government thinks about."