For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day as a gift.

Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every week, every year.

To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself; in fact, confused.

Because of an adulterous affair I shall leave office in November.

I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.

I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

Any place you compromise in principle you will execute in performance.

Writing is the painting of the voice.

At night I wake up with my sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head.

I think the presidency is much too serious a thing to just play politics with.

Learn to attack things frontally but according to the most scientific methods.

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easy

He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.

We’ve been in all the big games, we’ve been in small games, and we’ve treated them all the same and I think that mentality is what’s helped us get to the point where we are now.