I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders

I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican

To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry

I didn't have the base I needed to win the election

Get money when you don't need it, so you can use it when you need to.

Humanity is so constituted that the basest criminal represents you and me, as well as the most glorious saint that walks on high. We are reflected in all other men; all other men are embodied in us.

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

You can enjoy a $15 bottle of wine as much as you can enjoy a $100 bottle of wine.

The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.

Everybody's weird, fundamentally everybody is a snap. Sometimes it's a sexual thing and sometimes it's a different kind of weirdness, but one way or another everybody's nuts.

There is a fruit of the Spirit that must accompany the gift of healing and that is longsuffering.

I feel like my life now, it's only getting better, which feels nice.

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law