I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.

It’s weird to think the place where we’re standing will only be a point in the sky.

If you want to be successful, you must either have a chance or take one.

If I look back I am lost.

Neither an assembly line nor a stock market nor an oil well did it, simply what came from one small skull and that one right hand.

In the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate what’s beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to what’s good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.

When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.

It's very conventional to say that you're a contrarian these days.

I believe art should be an integral part of life. I try to give my work an almost magical energy that makes the viewer feel good.

We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.