I know that God has a plan for my life.

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.

It's great to be in a room full of young people...The average age of the Senate, I think, is death.

Taylor Swift said haters are going to hate.

I take four planes a week, honestly. You know, I am for intelligence screening.

Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.

Your belief system tends to be a function of how you were raised. Being raised in the Midwest and in a relatively conservative household, my views were shaped by my upbringing, by my Christian faith.

...I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do...

Good becomes perfect, but perfect is an illusion. And illusions are like all spells—temporary and soon broken. And when that happens, feelings change.

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

Ah me, thou Destiny, Giver of evil gifts.

I made a conscious decision when I was about 17 years old to strive towards mediocrity. I completely abandoned the idea of grandeur and importance, and I wanted to be mediocre.

A love grown old is not the love once new.

This entire process of stellar evolution is by natural process alone. We do not have to invoke Divine intervention at any stage in the history of the life-cycle of the stars that we observe.

If you care about the 2012 election and value the voices of regular Americans who lost hope in their hope and change candidate, this is one documentary you won't want to miss.

I'm not going to wait on anybody to put out music or a visual. Everything I will do is on my own. I'm not waiting on anyone.