American Quotes

The government never does anything successfully.

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

If we really want liberty - if we really want liberty - then we need to go out and get it, we need to take it, because nobody is going to give it to us. And we need to do it now.

I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.

I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that.

The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs.

On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love.

Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.

I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting.

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

I have no regrets about my life.

I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.

I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world.

He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you.

And that might have led to other shows but you know what LA is like. I was in my early 30s and it wasn't going to get easier. You know, that's when you start to wonder if you might have to get lots of plastic surgery.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Stores can be much more successful, when they have more lifestyle products.

We have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation.