If the budget that you're talking about isn't a good one, then it's better not to pass a budget. Most people in the country will never notice whether we pass a budget resolution or not.

When you finish college, you don’t suddenly have thousands of dollars a year to spend elsewhere - in fact, you have to find a way to pay back your loans.

It seems that there's a part of our psyche that doesn't know the difference between an agreement about cleaning the garage and an agreement about buying a company

If you want self-esteem.” “Do estimable acts” ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me.

The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy creatures.

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

To go to L.A. and be on the Addams Family set? It was beautiful production design and an illustrious set. I'm focused on never losing that sense of privilege. I'm still like, "I'm super lucky."

The way to 'get there' is to 'be there'

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

When you give, give from the place of the heart because it is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.