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I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

When I was young, I used to hear people say, 'He's a golden boy. Look at that guy. Can you imagine what he's going to be like when he grows up?' Well, I unfortunately bought into that. And I hadn't even found myself. Quite honestly, I was running from myself. But I knew how to work Top 40 radio.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset.

The most common phrase bandied about these days is 'Oh my God'. People say it automatically all the time - not realising that that's a form of prayer.

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.

I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face.

I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

I don't think one should ever come to my stage of life and have to look back and say, Gosh. I wish I hadn't spent all those years doing that job I was never really interested in.

When you're the presidential nominee you get to pick whomever you choose to be on the ticket, and that person gets to say yes or no because, obviously, it's a very important decision.

You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

For me, you have to not have a formula. You have to not even sit down and say, 'I want to write right now.' It has to just kind of come out. It's not something you can plan.

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.

It's very easy to say no to leaving the house.

I always say, 'People first, then money, then things.'

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Remember what people used to say about meditation? Now everyone is doing it.

And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous.

I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

Everywhere you go you hear things that are untrue. You've just got to learn that if I don't say it, physically out of my mouth, on camera, it's not true.

I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say.

Religion doesn't play any part in my life in terms of how I live my life. But I don't think I've ever gone through a day in my life without hearing someone say the word 'Jew' or saying it myself.