The new, old, and constantly changing language of politics is a lexicon of conflict and drama?ridicule and reproach?pleading and persuasion.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

You can never get enough of adventure

It’s better to do one thing well than ten things poorly.

You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.

Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.

You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.

After Bruno Walter, my career went in leaps and bounds. I have had 35 years of a career that is just incredible, and a wonderful time all over the world.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

All animals are minor variations on a very particular theme.

A fragrance is like a cat burglar in your brain, it has the key with which to pick the lock and unleash your memories.

The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence.