Dad literally carried me around the world with him through the early years of my life.

Dad never ceased to remind my mother of his love for her.

To my father, art had no restrictions. He was a true 'American Primitive.' He greatly enjoyed sketching and photography, carrying a camera with him whenever he could.

Dad trusted people based on their spirit and their handshake.

But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits. And honest, to her or to myself, never.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Whatever attracts the mind from God, whatever draws the affections away from Christ, is an enemy to the soul.

There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

The world is a dangerous place. And it's a more dangerous place than it was seven years ago [before Obama].

The path to success used to be up and through an organization. Now the path to success is increasingly through self-promotion.

There is man in his entirety, blaming his shoe when his foot is guilty.

I tend to go against the grain because when I start to see that everybody's trying to shock, I try not to. I just do stuff that's subtler, more emotional, and I think that shocks people.

He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he has no idea. No inkling.

The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.