My next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration.

I think very fundamentally to being Libertarian is not having a social agenda. I accept who you are and the life that you live as long as your life does not adversely affect mine.

I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.

A wasted vote is voting for someone that you don't believe in

Republicans are horrible with civil liberties, and not so good with dollars and cents. Democrats are horrible with dollars and cents, and not so good with civil liberties.

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.

Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

Life's a party. Invite yourself.

Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

I'm asked, what about criminal prosecution of those on wall street? You know what, it's probably because none of them committed any crimes. They just made some incredibly bad decisions.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

Love is the essence, fragrance, and beauty of life.

This is a place of true imagination.

In a life that does not last forever create something that will last forever.

My voice, I'm blessed to have it.

The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.

If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.

I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.

No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.

When you're rereading or editing your book and you start to expect that this work is going to be reviewed, and you can sort of tell which line is going to show up in reviews.