Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.

The reason there are so many stupid people is because it's illegal to kill them.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in!

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.

Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.

A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.

I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

Reputation is made in a moment

The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of Man's error and misery.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.

Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

Our first priority is our kids.

Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.

Why is everyone trying to tell me that when you get older it gets better?

I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.