After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Two people don't see same event as opportunity. When one see it a problem

I really don't know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.

There are lot of bands that have too many songs, I think.

Truth and oyle are ever above. [Truth and oil are ever above.]

Strong ideas, loosely held. That's the path to success.

I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.