A friendship forged in the fires of adversity is a strong as one that has weathered the test of time.

Why you like photography so much? Because it's just the camera and me showing everyone else what we can see. It's telling stories.

It's interesting how much you can tell about someone from their friends.

Just when you thought you knew everything about someone, they had to go one better.

People change. Sometimes I think they don't know they're changing until it's already happened, though. You get so used to being one person, it's weird when you wake up and everything is different.

Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.

I didn't flee a dictator or swim an ocean to be an American like some do. I just thought long and hard about it.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

To be successful, you need to really work hard. And every study in the last 50 years says that successful people say, "I am not smarter than anybody else. I just want to work harder and longer."

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.

You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time.'

[On sister Kim's pregnancy] The new year, we've got another child coming, so that's great. Kim's never had a baby, so it's going to be a beautiful blessing.

Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.

It's people seeking more for themselves that has produced a better life for all Americans.