Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.

The public still ultimately determines what happens to you politically, by virtue of the casting of their vote ... and you cannot ever predict what will move the public in one direction or another.

Caen's San Francisco may not be the city we remember, but it is the city we want to remember.

Mayors are judged by results.

You're going to be accused of every high crime and low misdemeanor there is.

Dressing is a matter of taste, and I've met very few Republicans with good taste.

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

And what would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear, perhaps the most foresighted, the most loving of the divine gifts?

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.

Don't ask any questions and you won't hear any lies.

Carbon is probably a bit harder to wrap since it's procedural.

I want people to feel that they've gotten to know the people in the film a little bit, gotten to see Pine Ridge in ways they haven't seen before. I think that's a good start.

We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world

Much of living is an attempt to preserve oneself by annexing and occupying others.

I would be happy to play any roles.

Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.