I think people are beating each other up in the halls of Congress, as they did in the late 1850s.

Entertainers wrongly assume that their fame, money, and influence arise from broad knowledge rather than natural talent, looks, or mastery of a narrow skill.

Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.

The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.

Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all.

Stalin and Mao killed over 80 million and did not make omelets despite the broken eggs.

Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.

Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history.

It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom...never .

Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.

Behind every American soldier, dozens of their countrymen tonight sleep soundly — and hundreds more in their shadow abroad will wake up alive and safe.

Dumped doesn't even begin to describe it. If you're going to use a trash metaphor, incinerated is more like it.

Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster.

Kissing with the tip of the tongue is like ice-cream melting. It was he who taught me that a kiss has a soul and colour of its own.

I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.

I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable.

And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.

I'm a country guy from Mississippi who keeps it simple.