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.

Sometimes words are harder than blows.

I had a lot of romantic notions about what it would mean to cross Asia by foot.

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism.

Take rest a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.

Brevity may be the soul of wit but not when someones saying I love you.

Getting a role in 'Harry Potter' was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can't hide behind pads or helmets, so we can stare at them, evaluate every move they make: running, jumping, walking, even ogling the cheerleaders. We can see every ripple and tattoo. If they're lazy, we can tell.

Doing something the right way is something I take pride in.

You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.

Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.

No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.

I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that's where I'm really happy.

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

August is a month when if it is hot weather it is really very hot.

I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from the time I was a child to even now with my family helping with my little boy. It's worth more than words could ever describe. That's one of the ways I've been able to stay grounded is thanks to family and God.

It is outrageous that is oppressing a powerless citizen in this way.

New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.

I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.