“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.

They misunderestimated me.

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

Rarely is the question asked, “is our children learning?”

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe—I believe what I believe is right.

Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.

I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.