Quotes from Tony Snow

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

God doesn't promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity.

Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

We want lives of simple, predictable ease-smooth, even trails as far as the eye can see-but God likes to go off-road.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

Love can achieve unexpected majesty in the rocky soil of misfortune.

The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.

Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

The last person to achieve unambiguous victory in an air war was Zeus.

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.