The republican party is my vehicle, not my master.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

Egotorial: An editorial in broadcasting or print media where the subject matter is secondary to the superficial, pretentious, or materialist ego of the author.

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.

Your looks do not define who you are.

Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.

Competing loves are detected in the gap between saying and doing.

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

I'm such a goody two-shoes, I've never stolen a single thing. I would not be able to handle it. I would not be able to live with the guilt of having stolen something.

They tore out my heart and stomped that sucker flat.

The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence.

I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.