A lot of people were opposed to it. A lot of people were for it. I myself think about it as little as possible.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

In the silence of the mountain there is much you can learn.

I'd rather be judged on what I can do instead of who I'm not.

Perfection is out of the question.

To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - "I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!"

It's not that we have to give to support the gospel. Giving is the gospel.

The promise of change doesn't always mean something changes.

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.

New Testament Christians witnessed — not because they had to — but because they could not help it.

I have too many flaws to be perfect. But i have too many blessings to be ungrateful.