Everything begins as an internal reality and then is externalized through perception.

To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts. You avoid trivia.

You cannot describe the universe completely with any accuracy unless you're willing to admit that it's both physical and mental in nature.

There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable, in the quest for truth and knowledge.

In my view, ideas and other intellectual productions are more interesting, more indicative of intelligence, and more productively debated than IQ alone.

There’s no logical connection between being smart and having money.

Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone’s bones.

For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith.

God requires us to give ourselves over fully to serving Him and to do everything to the full

We don't want to go back to the same policies and practicies that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led to this catastrophe. We keep moving forward.

I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humble.

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.

I absolutely love Nicole Scherzinger. She's worked really hard to get to where she is and really knows her stuff.

The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise.

A couple in love walking along the banks of the Seine are, in real fact, a couple in love walking along the banks of the Seine, not mere particles in motion.

God is wild; I am tame....Night falls and an age ends....We call and are answered through the thick foliage, by voices too strange to be our own.