The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.

Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.

Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal.

Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.

The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.

I've come to the point where I never feel the need to stop and evaluate whether or not I am happy. I'm just 'being', and without question, by default, it works.

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.

I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.

When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.

Vladimir Putin is only going to respond to action, strength, and resolve. He's not going to respond to words.

I am truly my mother's son.

A true artist could and should create till the day they die. You don't ever fail as an artist until you quit being an artist.

We are born with our eyes closed and our mouths open, and we spend our whole lives trying to reverse that mistake of nature.

I... you know, I... look, after 9/11, I vowed to protect this country.

We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.

Losing does not make you a failure; it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure

Charles preferred his deer to taste like meat and his pancakes to look like pancakes. Brother Wolf thought he was too picky. Brother Wolf was probably right.

Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality.

If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.