I get called 'controversial' all the time.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

Urges. Mercy, the urges.

My life has been a gift up to this point, and I've been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where I'm going.

If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any.

After the age of 50 we begin to die little by little in the deaths of others.

I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be.

This is the golden age of grotesque.

The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!

No one should judge what I've done with my life, not unless they've been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.

Dysfunctional muscles are generally not diseased, aging, or broken. They are starved of motion.

What feels good is often the wrong thing to do.