There's nothing inherently lame about electricity. I've got a basement full of power tools that all operate with electricity, and they're manly items. And when you see a great big locomotive hauling a mile of freight cars, that's a hybrid. A lot of people don't understand that.

A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.

In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election

The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.

Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.

We also have a lot of the same influences - we both read a lot of the beatniks. And yet what we actually do is almost exactly the opposite. His [ Hunter S. Thompson] political stuff is just wonderful, but basically nothing happens.

Wherever there's injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it's happening.