It was scary when the Beatles came on the scene. It was like an earthquake or a fire or an accident.

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

People have said to me, 'You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument.' But I've got 10 gold records.

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

We must get rid of the IRS. It's a bureaucracy fraught with totalitarianism.

Put your ego aside and play as a team.

Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

It was your destiny - let us hope it will prove a glorious one.

Dying is easy, but victory comes hard.

To foster a solution mindset, tell employees that you are not interested in who or what caused the problem. You are only interested in hearing how we plan to go beyond the problem.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

Wars come and go; politics endure.

I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'