a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being amusing.

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

I may be good for nothing, but I'm never bad for nothing.

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

Quoting Shakespeare doesn't make you an intellectual. It just makes you a fan of Shakespeare.

Time like money is measured by our needs.

When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy into appropriate magnitudes of effort

I have seven different jewels for my piercing. Every day I wear a different one, according to the clothes I am wearing.

If you can make someone believe that you believe in the idea then I think that's worth a lot.

Between Ron Paul and Rick Perry, I think the lesson is don't get sick in Texas.

Today House Republicans are doing what they always do - using taxpayers' money to continue investigating claims that have already been debunked just to keep them in the headlines one more day.

I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.

If I didn't have [a] wife, maybe I can say, 'Yeah, I'm disappointed I'm not maybe good looking.' ... I don't know about China, but in Russia, I still look good.

To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.