Donald Trump redeemed himself politically.
John McCain has not spoken about my Muslim faith.
Come on, I'm a television star. Nobody on television is curing cancer. I've had a great ride, and I'm very honored to have been in this business. I'm happy if I managed to affect people in a positive way.
I admire Obama.
Politics. Where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be a candidate themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.
I'm share a lot of details, but 98 percent of my life is still private.
When you're an artist, you have a platform that can reach millions.
I'm not an icon. Not even in America.
I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
I am one of the few men in public life who doesn't complain much about his treatment as the hands of the press. The press takes me to task every once in a while, but they have always been very kind, not attributing my hypocrisy to bad motives. They have always attributed it to a lack of mental capacity.
Many people were grateful that President Johnson had not had hemorrhoid surgery.
I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.
I don't worry about being bothered by the media. Either I'm going to talk or not talk.
I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life.
Actually, I don't get to do it (watch 5 or so news shows) every day, but I manage to do it at least 5 times a week. And the rest of the time I'm doing interviews. I do an amazing amount of interviews.
The truth is I've always been a Christian. What's amazing, is that the flaws that come with Christianity are really weird, because mine have a microphone and a camera attached to them. Most people don't have to live under that microscope.
I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life.
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.
When I was Under-Secretary, I never got quoted at all. Now everything I say gets noted and printed.
I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can't not be what everyone says I am. But I don't feel like an icon.
I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
The truth is, I suppose I am now public property; and a public inn is the place where people can have access to me.
I'm a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
