News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television.

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.

I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

There is no normal life, there's just life. You live it.

I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep.

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

I'm very wary of news on television.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.

If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.

Even on the Serengeti, it ain't a barbecue if there ain't some kind of beer.

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody

To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.

No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.

IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."

It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it.

The heresy of heresies was common sense.

I noticed just about every girl, but none of them made a lasting impression but you.