So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.'

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion.

The past is perception. The future is unknown. The only truth is the present.

I hadn't grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.

New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion.

I was an avid reader of futurists during the 1970s and '80s. They were so wrong - about everything.

Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

I am as much interested in the smallest detail as in the whole structure.

Dimitri: "Don't look at me like that." Rose: "Like what?" Dimitri: "You've got this look on your face that says you think I'm delusional, but you're too nice to say anything.

The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time