In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.

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.

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

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.

We must begin to speak with each other in a gentle manner.

I'm really interested in bands that sound nothing like anything I do or can do. That's what interests me.

I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story.

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

I like to keep most of my private life private.

You could attach prices to thoughts. Some cost a lot, some a little. And how does one pay for thoughts? The answer, I think, is: with courage.

Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to curse, to act the hypocrite.

Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind.

In law school they teach you that everything is a contract; well, in poetry everything is a narrative.

Old age is a strange country, and most of us enter it unwillingly.