If you don't have a policeman to stop traffic and let you walk across the street like you are somebody, how are you going to know you are somebody?

If you don't have a policeman to stop traffic and let you walk across the street like you are somebody, how are you going to know you are somebody?

Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

I stayed really physical during my pregnancy. I stuck to my normal pre-pregnancy workout, minus the stomach exercises and twisting. I really felt it helped my whole well-being.

A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.

I used to feel guilty about owning a console.

The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself.

The Pentagon budget, like all government spending, is an expression of priorities.

Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'

There's nothing women can't do. There's absolutely nothing we can't do. We're far stronger in a lot of ways than men. Way, way stronger than men. And that's my message to any woman I meet - that includes you - there's nothing you can't do, and you know that.

Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson.

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

You cant run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.

Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators.

I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

It's the most prestigious dog show in the country. We love dogs, and we're having a blast out here.

I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.

Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.

The meek shall inherit the earth, but they'll never increase market share.

I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.