I'm pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-environment and pro-labor. I was either going to be the loneliest Republican in America or I was going to be a happy Democrat.

We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.

It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.

Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.

Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together.

The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.

I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.

You have to take a plan that might work and make it work

As a lifetime people pleaser, I remember trying to mold myself into the person I thought other people wanted me to be—all for the sake of being liked and accepted. It caused more pain than gain.

Soul mates don’t finally meet somewhere at a certain place at a certain time, they’re in each other, all along.

When I told her we were going to roast her she said "Of course . . . they only crucify the innocent."

Women should be treated as human beings, not as domestic animals.

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.

My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.

The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.

Is it crazy to say that I dont often eat breakfast? But every time I go to a diner, I have to have a breakfast-type item, even if its 11:30 at night. I love my morning eats!

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.