And I said, 'Do I have leprosy?' And they said, 'You are a dangerous element.

Presidents make history but are also a product of it. And there are two kinds: transforming and transactional. Reagan was a transforming president. He made history.

I see in [George H. W.] Bush a striving to be Reagan-like in the sense of having a big vision, and eschewing small details.

Today, we've got what seems to me to be binary-choice politics: black and white, ones and zeros, either you are with me or against me. How did we get here?

I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia and fear among the isolated old guard in Moscow.

He [Reagan] was who he was, and it was not complicated. You didn't get a different person in an interview.

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

Nature hides its secrets in wisdom

Intelligence in a spouse is a timeless quality.

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

In modern studios, we're so used to becoming little dictators; you're used to the fascism of having complete control over every element.

I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.

The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.

I don't get star-stuck. I love Angelina Jolie, though.

People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.

Even the ignorant may appear very worthy, If they keep silent before the learned.