15 of the 19 [September 11th] hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all.

The only person that you should try to be better than, is nobody else but your old self.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

All the goodness of a good egg cannot make up for the badness of a bad one.

The passing of armies and the passing of sands in the desert are one.

Your brain does not manufacture thoughts. Your thoughts shape neural networks.

People can copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you still want to do.

I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.