A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set.

Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.

The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service.

Better to have your enemies inside your tent pissing out, then to have them outside your tent pissing in.

I still think about that one Jamiroquai video a lot.

Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.

Whatever it is that you do, if you have that passion and desire for it, that's the most important thing.

You're like a turd that won't flush.

As with anything in life, when you have certain experiences at pivotal times, they shape you.

Realize that the social media success equation isn't big moves on the chess board, it's little moves made every day that eventually add up to a major shift.

If anyone thinks my show was 'pretty good,' then I've completely failed.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

The demand to be safe in a relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear.

Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content.

No confession is inerrant; Reformed Christians are supposed to be those who seek to be constantly reformed according to the Word of God - and that includes our confessions as well.

Rockets are bad technology. iPhones are good technology

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.