I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.

I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden.

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real.

The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.

Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.

It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world.

I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.

Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.

The trouble with psychology is that it doesn't take human nature into account.

To say that Agatha Christie’s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs.

Stress comes from the fear of the unknown

Exceed, succeed, outdo, overdo, all with a smile.

He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

I just want to grow spiritually with the Lord. I'm keeping strong at it, just trying to make my walk with faith a little better.

People are starting to be very skeptical of the Facebook algorithm and all kinds of data surveillance.

[Townies] was a huge cast. It was a bit ungainly, I think with 12 regular characters they had to keep writing for.

Children, who have yet to learn our ways, are notoriously promiscuous in their affection. They’ll sit on anyone’s knee.

If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable.

If you are going on with God, the only thing that is clear to you, and the only thing God intends to be clear, is the way He deals with your own soul.