Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

I'd rather be running the game than playing it.

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which can cause these failures.

All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool.

Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.

But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is obvious, and, two, that a great sense of freedom comes with the decision.

It wasn't until I was working on 'Tacky' that I admitted to myself that I was writing a series.

There is no excuse for bad manners except fast reflexes.

Dont explain why it works explain how you use it.

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable.

School was not a place I enjoyed.

Scorn is your second stepping stone to success; first is failure.

We cannot continue to allow immigrants to come here illegally. And in this age of terrorism, we must not let in refugees whose intentions cannot be determined.

I had to marry a Greek; I had to stir up the ethnic pot. Otherwise, my children would have been anemic and sickly. Now they've got some good Mediterranean blood in them.

Boredom between two people doesnt come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.

I think all of our records are a progression of some sort.

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.

I am fortunate.

I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it.

I'll never take the easy way out.

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while the morons run wild. You can opt out if you want to. Play it safe. But if you do, don't complain when the roof comes down.

My mother always taught me that two wrongs don't make a right. We shouldn't bail out Wall Street. We shouldn't bail out Detroit. It will cost the economy more than the cost of the bailout which is more than the politicians think. We'll run into the hundred of millions to prop these companies up.

My policy in America is, 'Steady growth is forever.'

I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

While choosing a fashion show, I take into consideration the designer and the collection. Then only I said yes to do a show.

There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We are all people, and we are all creative.

I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.

Regardless of your marital status, your age, or the language you speak, you are a beloved spirit daughter of Heavenly Father who is destined to play a critical part in the onward movement of the gospel kingdom.