I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.

Anything is possible if you've got enough nerve.

I have shaved my head. My flowing locks are now quite a bit shorter.

It is time for us to come together as one united people.

President Clinton bankrupted Chrysler so that Italians could buy it to ship jobs overseas to China.

There have been many times when I've auditioned and I've actually won a different role in the same film.

We have not ended racial caste in America, we have merely redesigned it.

I do think you have sort of a general philosophical approach that you want from a justice, and I think a strict constructionist would be probably the way I'd describe it.

Live on Christ's love while ye are here, and all the way.

I think of my novels as entertainments.