I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative.

I thought the Secret Service would protect me from the press, but they were at my house to protect me from assassins with guns, not with assassins with pencils.

You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.

You just watch somebody you love slowly, slowly disappear and go away.

I didn't know if I was heterosexual or homosexual.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president

Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election

It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.

My adoption was treated as a celebration.

The major abscess in the mind is a lack of acknowledgement of evil.

Literature that awakens and inflames feelings is the food of hearts.

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

To shine is better than to reflect.

I know perfection is one thing I will never achieve, but I will always make it my goal because this means I am always giving my all and working to improve

I liked the idea of writing a song saying I'm happy with who I am, and I don't mind if people think I'm some old git.

Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could ever do it again.