If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's hard.

Why settle for failure when winning is already your God's given destiny?

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

I found I was having continually to please the sort of people I'd always hated when I was a child. This began to bring me back to reality.

Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others.

The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

A thing's innate disposition does not lie.

I had whale tartare when I was in Japan, but I probably wouldn't have it again.

When something works for you or another brand, ask yourself, 'Why?' Then don't copy it but think about what you can do that's unique to you and better.

Forgive, but don't forget