Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.

What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge.

Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real reform will require.

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.

What is the environmental platform of the Republican party? I don't know either.

Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C.

We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.

Dishonest, which is Hillary Clinton in the eyes of the American people, beats crazy. Dishonest loses to normal. So, let's just pick somebody out of the phone book if we have to.

It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.

The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be.

I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.

I may not be happy with you right now, but I still love you.

How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.

Happiness is a decision I must make.

In college, I stopped doing pre-med and went into theater, and then I moved to San Francisco and lived there for five years.

Patriotism means loving our country, not the government.

If a Devil is one who dares, when others hold back, then I am happy to play the Devil in this Mystery, boy.

Three of my children married Jewish people. One did not and that marriage didn't last more than half a dozen years or so. The others are still very close.

If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.