There's politics in all aspects of our daily lives.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me .

Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. I make money studying natural stupidity.

We never can just stop time. Or take moments back. Life doesn't work that way, does it?

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

Life: I'll never understand it.

I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency.

I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

When we believe that God is something other than a lover, it is inevitable that we will sin.