I focus on the moment and move from task to task.

If you want something as bad as you want to breathe, then you can do it.

I want to be the best I can be no matter what the circumstances. That’s how I was raised.

Last night I made an insensitive comment which I sincerely regret. It was my mistake and I want to apologize to those who were offended.

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

The U.S. Army has recently removed the cross from the insignia worn by chaplains. In its place is a sun with its rays, symbolizing the divine in all things.

As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.

If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.

The Dark Backward. Bill Paxton is in it with me. Wayne Newton. James Caan. Adam Rifkin wrote and directed it. It was made a number of years ago and very odd. Not for the squeamish.

Without question, dying on 'Lost' was the best thing I have ever done in my entire career.

People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals who might be in a position to reciprocate your altruism.

We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God .