Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.

I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.

Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.

...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.

Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.

Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

We will have a happy marriage if it kills him.

I know, I know, I'm being a girl.

No one described him better than he did when someone accused him of being rich. “No, not rich, ” he said. “I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.

Developing a commanding presence is essential for leadership and a powerful impact.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.

I challenge you to be the best you can be! I challenge you to behave in ways you've never behaved.

My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.

I'm going to be a great movie star some day.

Everyone in America seems to be joining an organization of some kind, and in Congress one hears from them all.

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.