Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when committed by another.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

The whole notion of disruption is adolescent: It assumes that after the teenagers make a mess, the adults will come and clean it up. But there are no adults. We own this mess.

The best gift that you could ever give to yourself is unconditional self-love. Life without it is an empty existence.

Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in the act of communion and creation.

But Steven Bochco was smart; he knew that viewers were smart.

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards.

When jobs come up, like a low-budget film like The Last Exorcism, you say yes and you see where it takes you.

The priests of one religion never credit the miracles of another religion. Is this because priests instinctively know priests?

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.

I don't have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy.

It's what every writer needs: a daybed.