Each Middle East country has their own unique kinds of challenges; but the fundamentals, the desire for democracy and freely elected governments is a common thread throughout.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless.

If you start thinking that only your biggest and shiniest moments count, you're setting yourself up to feel like a failure most of the time.

There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.

Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart.

The ghosts you chase you never catch.

There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing easy to make it go far. Finish high to make it go straight.

My name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent.

If they had been fit, Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would also have made a difference down the left against United.

I misled people, including even my wife.