You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

Theres nothing like Nashville for making records.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.

I'm allergic to chemicals in food so I eat only organic foods.

I felt like I was seeing Shannon through a new lens, undistracted by Jennifer's nuclear glow. I could see how pretty she really was, how kind her eyes were.

Every baby is born beautiful. It's what we project on them that makes them ugly.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women belonging to the human race.

Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage & preserving our values.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

You missed the shadow of the hawk on the vole if you think how wonderfully free a vole is!

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

When German companies take over firms in India, it is seen as normal. When an Indian buys one or two firms in Germany, that is something special.