The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.

While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts.

Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

It always matters, whether or not you can trust your government.

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?

I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia.

You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse.

My daughter took Latin for three years; she still cant speak it.

There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

Miko: You would stand between me and this evil murderer?Hinjo: I'll stand between any two murderers I wish, thanks.

....he has done nothing but prove to me that not only is he a good man, he’s a man madly in love with my daughter, and will do anything to protect her.

It is both theoretically mistaken and morally wrong to regard others as objects of investigation rather than partners in free rational communication.

I'd love to be popular in Barcelona. That sounds like a fun job

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

Comics don't like to see other comics do well.

You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.

I liked to play against all the teams in the National Football League or the American Football League, because they were always a challenge.

I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!

Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others.