Don't you ever touch me. Don't ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead.

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore ?

We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing.

There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold.

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

If it is warming, it's because it's happened before, cyclitic, it will happen again, regardless of what you and I do.

Russia's increased Arctic presence. The Arctic has vast natural resources and security value, and Russia is drastically increasing its footprint in the region.

Even the most absent minded Soldier will develope a memory like a elephant when mistreated.

If producing a regular column is living out loud, then keeping a daily blog is living at the top of your lungs. For a couple of months there, I was shrieking like a banshee.

I swear so soon as age will permit ... I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.

I do not think homosexuality is immoral.

If God gave you a strong personality it's for serving others not controlling them.

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

If your neighbor looks at you like they don't enjoy the key you're singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing.

I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not only ask the questions, I offer solutions.

In reality there are no others, and -helping yourself you help everybody else.

The riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.