I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

The jobs outlook in the U.S. isn't very good. And it's really about young people.

If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.

When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

I try to avoid political ties.

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.

Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?

In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.

One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers.

I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

A billion stars go spinning through the night, glittering above your head, But in you is the presence that will bewhen all the stars are dead.

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to make pictures that are timeless.

You have friends and one of them is your best friend. And now, make the nature as your second best friend and spend time often with it!

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

I was kind of hoping it was Anna Kournikova.

The only problem we've had is the amount of time it's taking people to develop titles.

Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.