Newt Gingrich

Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?

I was once, I think, bitten on the nose by a lion cub.

I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.

I have learned that I am not built for conflict or controversy. I have also learned that, in all my life, I have never chosen a story. The story has always chosen me.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.