From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself.

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.

I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Beauty is the expression of the hearts truth.

The artist Paul Klee described drawing a picture as taking a line for a walk. I have borrowed his words to explain my approach to writing

I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.

Ocean energy can contribute a great deal toward the protection or our atmosphere - without damaging marine ecosystems that are equally vital to the planet's future.

I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think is the truth, at least.

I'm not running like Colonel [Bernie] Sanders. All reputations matter.

Trouble follows me wherever I go. Thing I'm in is just a sack o'woe.

Grow jobs. Get this economy growing. Raise wages. Simplify the tax system, so it's easy to comply with.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.