So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.

A judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the Constitution.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.

What goes out always returns

In the furnace of fire, gold and silver are refined.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys.

I do believe in the value of ideas—and that eventually they get a man somewhere.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.

Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity...

Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.

A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.

Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.