People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

Working hard alone without being smart and consistent won’t lead to success.

And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.

War is over ... If you want it.

If you really want to get good at anything, you've got to work at it for ten thousand hours.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Even when you feel as though everything is 100% it can still go wrong on the night (like in Melbourne!) so you never know for sure that you're going to do the performance you expect.

Americans are much more open than people in Britain.

You're probably the most boring teenager in the world.

I've always been bossy.