Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

I think that the British government has long been on the record saying global warming is a very serious issue and we need to do something about it. I think what they did was they took their own economic experts and they said, "This time, let's try to put together a document that will really convince the rest of the world of a position that we've been holding for a while."

Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money.

One problem is that we are heavily dependent upon fossil fuels. And that's where the greenhouse gases come from, by and large, some deforestation, as well. But we have not yet come to grips with how to change that. So that's where we are right now.

I often sit back and think, I wish I'd done that, and find out later that I already have.

I don't drink because I have problems or I want to escape. I just love drinking and being drunk.

Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again. Oh, no.