Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris ? It's not known, it's never been tried.

It takes leaders to grow other leaders.

There isn't any real science to say we are altering the climate path of the earth.

I was the first Blunt ever elected to anything.

The shortest path to more American jobs is more American energy and more jobs that relate to American energy.

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician.

There's no doubt that cable news hosts can say things that the president of the United States shouldn't say, and people can be harsh at you. That doesn't mean you benefit by being harsh back.

I think there needs to be a much more significant filter on those Donald Trump tweets. It's OK to have some unspoken and untweeted thoughts.

Acting had always been the social scene I'd fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater nerds.

You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.

The goal of all goals is happiness, and our emotions are like road signs on that journey toward the goal of happiness.

A good book is a good book, and there are a lot of different ways to approach writing or reading one.

[On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go.

If I hadn't had my children, I wouldn't have written more and better, I would have written less and worse.

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents.

Guys will just go out and do something. Females will talk about it - a lot. I don't care if I break a nail. You have to be aggressive to get the same respect as the guys.

The experimentation that I do has a lot to do with tunes and pitches and ways that melodies are put together.