You can’t trust anyone you have to pay, and really, they can’t trust you.

When you fake emotion for a living, when you make your money providing fantasies for other people, tuning into their worlds and indulging them, you don’t invite someone into your world very easily.

When you want something badly enough it’s amazing what you’ll ignore.

I knew that I was talented. I was positive about that. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was talented at, but I was ambitious enough to wait it out and see what turned up.

Once you’re on the pleasure express, it’s hard to get off and switch to another, slower service.

Communism, ” I observed, “is a pile of wank.

Success is not determined by the outcome. The outcome is the result of having already decided that you are successful to begin with.

ignorance and power, they´re a poor combination.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security.

It wouldn't be a Carrie Underwood album without a revenge song on it. People really like when I do that. I don't mean to. I don't hate men that much. But it turns out so well!

I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.

I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.

Open your arms if you want the Beloved's embrace.

I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.