If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it.

We should have no concern for the environment, because, after the great flood with Noah, God promised that He would never ruin the earth again.

My point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.

What would happen to the Weather Channel's ratings if all the sudden people weren't scared anymore?"

If you sit around and wring your hands as they're all doing now until something happens to a major American city, then it is too late.

I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons.

A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things.

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

My time in the Army gave me an understanding for what it takes to provide for our national security and what it means to our service members and their families.

I am a product of the draft.

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America

I don't really concentrate on Urban AC or whatever. I don't concentrate on genres or how people section off songs for radio.

You don't have good community relations in Chicago. It's terrible. I have property there. It's terrible what's going on in Chicago.

There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply.

I like to leave the movie theater and still be thinking about the film and questioning why the character did that.

I've lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there's still so much more.

Necessity is the ethnicity of truth.

I've had lots of things that didn't work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes - I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship.

Like most kids, my dad played. He would drag us out to the course and make us shag balls for him and caddy and all that kind of stuff.