“I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.”
“I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.”
“I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”
“I consider myself a perpetual student. You seek and learn every day: from an experiment in the lab, from reading a scientific journal, from taking care of a patient. Because of this, I rarely get bored.”
“I consider each performance to be an intimate conversation between me and the audience members.”
“I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don’t speak the language!”
“I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.”
“I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that’s what I want as a career. I don’t need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I’m doing stuff that I’m proud of, really.”
“I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn’t just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.”
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”