Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

Time is valuable; people are busy.

If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water...

I grew up overnight on that day, Dec. 27, 2007.

Singing was always quite a private thing... I don't think my own mum even heard me sing until after I signed with Sony just out of high school!

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

Don't let your imagination take you by surprise.

Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

There is nothing in life so difficult that it cannot be overcome. This faith can move mountains. It can change people. It can change the world. You can survive all the great storms in your life

Look, I haven't had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.

I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

I'm relentless. My mother says I could sell ice to the Eskimos.

Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.