In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

Growing up, I always had two interests and two passions; one being public service and the other being the arts and acting.

The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.

My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's how are your parents doing.

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

A sheep that walks amongst wolves is called dinner - rjs

Nothing wins more loyalty for a leader than an air of bravura, " the Duke said. "I, therefore, cultivate an air of bravura.

Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.

I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days.

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.

I've dated attractive people and I don't find a correlation between amorous enthusiasm and beauty and public figure status.

What a sight there is in that "smile!" it changes like a chameleon. There is a vacant smile, a cold smile, a smile of hate, a satiric smile, an affected smile; but, above all, a smile of love.

We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the more vicious and forthright will their opposition become.