In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.

I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

In my religion it's actually better to know you're doing wrong and try to improve that wrong than to think philosophically that what you're doing is right and in fact it is wrong.

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man.

Love isn't about holding on. It's about letting go.

The never-ending task of self improvement.

Remembering the Mystery is a way of being everything you always already are.

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows; 'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

I eat as healthy as I can. It is tough.

Believe, believe, believe

Sincerity, even if it speaks with a stutter, will sound eloquent when inspired.

If you take a scotch whiskey and distill out the alcohol, what is left has an amazing taste to it and can be used as a flavoring for a dessert.

Next time y'all need to find me, just rub these two wires for the doorbell.

You are a son to me, that to my father I couldn't be. I love you.