I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.

I'm going to a special place when I die, but I want to make sure my life is special while I'm here.

People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be.

I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.

I think that we all have something in common in that we have dreams. The thing about dreams is sometimes you get to live them out.

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

With the media, I could be quick and ugly and critical. I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve.

Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.

I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.

Innocence eroded into nightmare.All because of very bad touch.Love, corrupted.

I want my children to see me first every morning, so I wake up at 5 and make sure to shower and exercise before they get up.

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.

Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?" Isabelle shrugged philosophically. "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.

Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written.

I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.

We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours.

I am an emotional plagiarist, stealing other people's pain, subsuming it into my own until I can't remember whose it is any more.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them.