If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

When you dance, you don't sweat. You glow.

Death and the end of one's life are two very different things indeed.

I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby.

The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory.

In my creative films, if there was something, some humorous moment that is lost to a non-Korean speaking audience, I'll be very sad.