A decade after an average athlete graduates, everyone will have forgotten when and where he played. But every time he speaks, everyone will know whether he was educated.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.

Faith is not an easy virtue; but, in the broad world of a person's total voyage through time to eternity, faith is not only a gracious companion, but an essential guide.

Voting is a civic sacrament.

There is no conflict between science and theology, except where there is bad science or bad theology.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.

I'll have another beer. I'm not driving.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.

Insanity is the greatest gift of humanity, for insanity talks to the mind of the delusion.

They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)

People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.

The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.

A person who seeks power usually goes into other dimensional planes to find it. Then they bring that power back into this world and they use it to enhance their life.

With a little study you'll go a long ways, and I wish you'd start now

I am really accessible.

As far as ideology or political beliefs are concerned, countries are very different.

If I hadn’t left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn’t have met my husband and I wouldn’t have had the children that I’ve had. Life is interesting like that.

I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday.