I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil.

Shouldn't there be more distaste in our mouths for the abusers than for those who continue to love the abusers?

When you question what you believe, you leave the world, really, and what the world believes. It puts you in a very interesting position.

No husband will ever be better avenged than by his wife's lover.

Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

Fascistic leaders are aggressively macho and chauvinistic. They are xenophobic about people who they portray as outsiders or some sort of threat to the nation or as weaklings they can denounce.

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)