You have a hundred senators, but for anything to happen you need 60, which makes it really hard for anything to happen.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

In the United States, if 43 percent of eligible voters do not vote, then democracy is weakened.

Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.

As intuition grows, the need to make problems and see complications starts to dwindle.

I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in letting your art be emotionally complex.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

Sigh... I have learned that *everything* is so hard...except what Allah makes easy. So we must *beg* Him to make it easy on us.