The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. ... That's a pretty scary thought.

Resisting conformity and developing some small eccentricities are among the steps to independence and self-confidence.

It is the thinnest lines that define us.

Don't hide in the trees when you know that tigers can climb.

There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'.

O, treacherous Death! You can't be forgiven for vanquishing my creator to the dust.

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.

You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights.

People still laugh at me in politics, they think I won't make it; but I think I will, after Harold Wilson, I will be your next Chancellor to become Prime Minister.

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.

It's easier to identify with loss than love, because we have had so much more experience of it.

I have had mystical experiences with horses. I felt they were communicating with me in horse communication.