"Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand."

“Men in general are too material and do not make enough human contacts. If we search for the fundamentals which actually motivate us we will find that they come under four headings: love, money, adventure and religion. It is to some of them that we always owe that big urge which pushes us onward. Men who crush these impulses and settle down to everyday routine are bound to sink into mediocrity. No man is a complete unit of himself; he needs the contact, the stimulus and the driving power which is generated by his contact with other men, their ideas, and constantly changing scenes.”

“I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years.”

Source : "You’ll Never Get This 21 Minutes Of Your Life Back" by John Cole, www.balloon-juice.com. February 5, 2009.

“Leading up to a live event you need to do your homework and go to bed early. Sometimes it's very tempting to go out with everybody else, They're all going to a party or going out for a nice meal and you think 'oh well I'd like to go', but sometimes you think 'no, if I'm going to be sitting in front of a camera under a light in everybody's home tomorrow I don't want big bags under my eyes and not really know what I'm talking about'.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“You ought to be able to wear your character like a Lycra bodysuit.”

Source : "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.

“Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?”

“You expect success, you respect failure.”

“To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.”

“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”