Don't let the fear of the thorn keep you from the rose.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

Cheating on self, is a paralysis of being.

Sanity is a sonnet with a strict meter and rhyme scheme-and my mind is free verse.

You must love and care for yourself because that's when the best comes out.

If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly.

Cutting taxes even more on the wealthy and corporations, that's not going to help anybody except the wealthy and corporations.

If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

I don't hear any clear, coherent message [from Democrats]. I mean, when you're a party out of power, it's the time to be a national party chair.