Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

On ambition, goal setting and competition - it doesn't matter if you lose, but you can't win if you don't play the game.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.

It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I would end up travelling all over the world.

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

We don't we agree that litigation reform to lower the cost of healthcare would be a good starting point?

I'm definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won't. Then three years later I will finally try it and it'll kill them. I got to give them more credit.