Capitalism and socialism are tools. Each have pros and cons. For each task, use the one that makes the most sense.

God may allow us at times to hit rock bottom, to show us He's the rock-at the bottom.

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

I know God is working so I smile!

If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

I came all this way for a reason. Today is the day of salvation. Trust Jesus to save you. Then be sincere as God knows a pretender.

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time.

Victories are won while on your knees! Keep praying for those who rise up against you. Fear not. The Lord has rectified the problem. Prayer is POWERFUL!!

My religion consists of laughing at myself. My motto is this: As long as there is a me, there is a reason to laugh out loud!

If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things that do.

A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

I asked the Mesquite coach who he thought the best team in Mesquite is. He said they were about even.

[Payne] was a really great experience, and both John [ Larroquette] and JoBeth [Williams] over the years, it's been great reconnecting with them and working with them on other projects as well.

I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.

Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me.

Nora Roberts is cool.