Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are " but "You are as good as I am."

Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue.

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and how much they have to say. You can tell them. You can shine that light on them, one human interaction at a time.

If there was no Internet, my career would have ended in 1995.

If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well democracy doesn't work because they had to give it up'.

If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot

We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.

She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.

Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.