Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.

In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

Loyalty to the President is great, but loyalty to truth, integrity, and country is even better.

All of us lost something. Some of us lost everything.

I want a faith that's so alive, it can be seen. I want a hope that cannot hide, even when I'm weak.

People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album 'Rumble Doll, ' yes. It's always that thing that this is a dilettante or a pet project.

I want to start where language ends.

We judge ourselves mostly by our intentions, but others judge us mostly by our actions.

I've seen enough crazy shots to know they happen in the best of families.

I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.

The facts are in: diverse companies and teams consistently outperform all others. It's not only the smart thing and the right thing, it makes getting the job done much more interesting.

I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.

Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.