Take this job and shove it, I ain't working here no more.

Always go hard and fast enough so that when you hit the ditch you can pull out the other side.

To me, an outlaw is a man that did things his own way, whether you liked him or not. I did things my own way.

I'm the only hell my Mama ever raised.

The destiny of any country is in the hands of her church.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism] legislation fundamentally violates that oath.

I get a headache when I hear supporters of this endless warfare complaining about the federal budget deficits. They're like arsonists complaining about the smell of smoke in the neighborhood.

Most people in Hollywood are making about 10 percent of all the things they're considering; I am making 95 percent.

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.

The only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin.

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.

You got to be yourself, you got to discard all the bull and get YOU across ... and get what you have to say across.