I don't think [Donald] Trump was playing rope-a-dope. He probably said, "Look, I've done these. How many debates did we do in the primaries? I know what's happening."

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

Progress has a steep price. Success has an even steeper price. Your team won't be willing to pay it if you aren't willing to pay it.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

Just because someone's older and you think they're cooler doesn't mean you should abandon your real friends.

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost anything.

I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.

Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator

Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat.

Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them.

I think what we're trying to do as filmmakers is make a big, gritty, raw, epic movie and within that show things graphically in a way that they haven't been seen in that world before.