I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

We'll have all the same players... We'll be missing one, actually.

I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.

If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Dont cling to fame. Youre just borrowing it. Its like money. Youre going to die and somebody else is going to get it.

As a political current, Maoism was always weak in Britain, confined largely to students from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

I think there are a lot of chefs in D.C. who have made D.C. what it is today. I am very respectful to them. I'm very admiring of what they've done.

And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.

There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.

I like people that enjoy life, 'cause I do the same.

If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.

You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.

Making 'Fargo' for FX has been the highlight of my career. A writer can search his or her whole career for a network partner who truly understands and encourages their vision. For me, the search is over.

You just play what a writer writes, in terms of what a character chooses to do and how a character chooses to deal with their various relationships.

You cant keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once and move on.

I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody.

Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

The Idea enters the brain from the outside. It rearranges the furniture to make it more to its liking. It finds other Ideas already in residence, and picks fights or forms alliances. The alliances build new structures, to defend themselves against intruders.

I met Roger Ebert at an independent-film awards or something. And he said, 'When I saw you just now, I wanted to punch you in the face. And then I had to remember you're an actor. So, congratulations!' Those are my accolades.

I hope I give girls an opportunity to realize that they can swim and go to school at the same time. It's not to be given up once they get out of high school. They can continue doing it for the rest of their lives.

We have no reason to think that human cloning will not work - it works in primates - but it may take many, many attempts.

Most artists lose their voice, their hair, and their bands. That's not going to happen to me.

We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.

With my physicality and my face, I don't think I could pull off a completely righteous guy. There's something devious about my eyes. I like characters with flaws and to see how they overcome those flaws. I want to play real people, and they're flawed, not perfect.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There's a lot of things that you have to deal with.