“You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.”

I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.

If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?

Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.

It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.

My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it’s a vacation destination for me. I say, ‘Because I sometimes have perfect days there.’

What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.

Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.

Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.

It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.

I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.

If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.

It’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.

The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.

As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.

The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.

If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.

I like on the table, when we’re speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.