The 'American Idol' and 'X Factor' shows, they're great shows. But I think I need to make a show like that, directed straight to the hood, to the artists that don't get the attention, that don't have...

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way,...

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Everything we do is designed, whether we're producing a magazine, a website, or a bridge. Design is really the creative invention that designs everything.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

I've always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it's also been about confidence and faith.

I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be...

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

I have kind of a funny relationship with movies. I don't have to see the whole movie to get an impression of it or to let it have an influence on me.

It's not like I'm the first man ever to do this, y'know? You gotta go back to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis Jr. Those are people who've done music well and movies well, and y'know, Frank...

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching my...

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man's wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education.

Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.

Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

I completed medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1984.

I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course.

I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less...