Culture is defined, really, by the artists who record what the everyday experience is like and then translate it to a common piece of art that all people can respond and relate to.

I don't care if you want to hunt, I don't care if you think it's your right. I say, sorry, you are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison.

Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America...

I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?

The Second Amendment is not really a right.

I act irrationally, I defy the odds, I engage when others would run. I look for trouble, I seek chaos, it is a burden.

Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers.

I think there should be a law - and I know this is extreme - that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns.

I'd love to be a dead body in the emergency room and have George Clooney go, 'This one's gone!' while he puts a sheet on me.

I've been on every diet in the world. I've been on Slim-Fast. For breakfast you have a shake. For lunch, you have a shake. For dinner, you kill anyone with food on their plate.

I'm not going to let my life revolve around losing weight. I have other things to do.

If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker, ...

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

Take my picture Hollywood. I wanna be STAR

So ultimately I am looking for a story that has some value and is important and is entertaining.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

There's no question that increased formal credentials can give you an advantage. The question is, is it the best advantage you can buy with the amount of money and time you're going to spend?

Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.

You never knew this, but I was in love. Okay, infatuated, but it felt like love at the time.

I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.