I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

Being kind is more important than being right.

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Not every minor inconvenience leads to a major catastrophe.

We love those to whom we can tell our story.

The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.

Humility is a virtue when you have no other.

A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously.

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.

A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.