“If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [ sic] darn shortcut you can.”

As quoted in Conquering an Enemy Called Average (1996) by John L. Mason

Source: https://voices.transparency.org/10-quotes-about-corruption-and-transparency-vol-2-802020c68574 Talks on Corruption and Transparency International.

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 119.

Sam Smith (February 17, 1998) "Making a Run From the Border", Chicago Tribune, p. 5.

I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
Context: I'm all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that's gun control! If you're going to own a gun, you have an obligation to know what you're doing with it. When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other.
So I support waiting periods and training requirements for gun ownership, and I like the idea that it shouldn't be incredibly easy to get guns. I support the right to carry concealed weapons, but I think people who want a concealed-weapons permit need to pass a training and safety course. The Constitution calls for a "well-regulated militia." In other words, you need to know how to use your weapon, and practice with it.
Where I draw the line is at gun registration. A law that says that everybody who owns a gun has to be on record is too easy to abuse.

On success
Mount Saint Vincent University speech (2016)