Their Quotes

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Staple a green card to their diploma - welcome to the United States of America! We want those people in our country.

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.

I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.

Few men have been admired of their familiars.

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people.

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.

Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.