Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.

Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.

Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.

Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

You can't eat your friends and have them too.

I could have had class. I could have been a contender.

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going.

Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which o-ne is supposed to accept without question.

The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.

So when we're really addressing issues like poverty, you can't do that without addressing the real driver of some of those, which is stable homes, families. So that's why to me those issues are important. They're not frivolous. They're critical economic issues.

I'd say people recognize me, but having children recognize me is the best. It is a very special thing. Suddenly you feel like you have the power to make the children's dreams come true, and it's better than anything else.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality.

I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff.

What you have stolen can never be yours.

If I were a rock star, I'd design my own clothes. I'd do it because that's the mark of a true rock star.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

Be useful where thou livest.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

We must seize the moment and permanently delay the entire law. Congress can do this. We control the purse strings and can protect taxpayers from funding Obamacare.

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.

I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos anyway.

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.

I'm not afraid of my own company. I was made to be at home.

For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

The way we do anything is the way we do everything.

Hugs should be available at the medical stores 247. Sometimes they are the best healers for almost everything.