Being in the Marine Corps was the best thing that ever happened to me. It can do a lot for a young guy. I owe a lot to the Marine Corps. If I had a son, I'd want him to be a Marine.

I sometimes compare my brainstorming on paper to the drilling of oil wells. The only way to strike oil is to drill a lot of wells.

I believe everyone on earth has a certain goal/dream in life. I also believe anyone can achieve this if they set their minds to it.

You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that, you would never do anything.

A Marine is never intimidated.

I owe all my success to stupidity.

You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that you would never do anything.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

Our lives carry us along in ways we cannot control, and almost nothing stays with us. It dies when we do, and death is something that happens to us every day.

Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.

An education system is best belittled when the so-called educated gets hired by a company that’s owned by a so-called dropout.

I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.

The love of violence is an aspect of our humanity. Even the weak wish to be strong primarily so they can wield the whip.

Due to a Supreme Court decision, if these violent offenders cannot be sent home, our law enforcement officers have to release them into your communities.

How does it make sense to remove an option, to tell your enemy before you go into a conflict, that you will not exercise whatever options are necessary in order to achieve victory?

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.