"I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things."

"It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have."

"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

"God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture."

"These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than "able-bodied" folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow."

"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow."

"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for time is the greatest innovator."

"The people of Wisconsin have been good to me. I've tried to live up to their trust. And now I ask those hardworking men and women, and millions like them across America, to join our cause and get this country working again. When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do."