“I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.”

“Happiness and virtue rest upon each other the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.”

“The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.”

“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.”

“A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.”

“Music is the best means we have of digesting time.”

“Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.”

“The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.”

“I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.”

“I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.”

“Those who know the least obey the best.”

“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.”

“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.”

“First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.”

“Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.”

“Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.”

“Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.”

“You teach best what you most need to learn.”

“Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.”

“For the last five years, we have been presented with the idea that Barack Obama is superhuman. Barack Obama is unlike any of us or anyone else. And he isn't. In fact, he's much less achieved and much less accomplished than most who have gotten half as far as he has, and I think maybe what we saw was the best.”

“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”