"When you direct the dialogue you can be precise, but with a song as a director you're more like a football coach. You can say one, two things in the beginning and then the actor has to follow what happens."

“The issue of fracking is a stick in the hornet's nest.”

“As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.”

Source : "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

“People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative. More Mexicans are leaving through deportation and voluntary return than are entering the United States legally and illegally.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com

“I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.”

“The Obama administration is not helping small businesses create jobs. In fact, it is responsible for the regulatory uncertainty nearly 50 percent of small-business owners cite as responsible for their lack of hiring.”

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't make them all yourself.”

“Life is a lot like skateboarding.”

“To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.”

Source : "Heresies and Other Truths". townhall.com. November 19, 2008.