There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

Isn't it funny? You hear a phone ring and it could be anybody. But, a ringing phone has to be answered doesn't it?

I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.

There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better.

My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level.

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

Were kind of in our own cocoon making it. Every once in a while you stick your head up for a second, and you just cant believe how successful the show has become.

Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much.

I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive.

I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it.

Just about every available female--and some unavailable--seemed to think the way to his heart was through his blood sugar levels.

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

I couldn't have built the great companies I've built if I didn't have a strong temperament. And she's got a weak temperament. She [Hillary Clinton ] is a weak person.

Life is made up of compromises.

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.

I don't own a blowdryer - I don't know how to use it. Most mornings, I walk to work with my hair wet.

Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.

These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers.

When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. Thats just the way it was.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quack like a duck, then it just may be a duck.