It was of tremendous comfort. I always said my prayers at night. My mother taught actually me to say prayers at night but most of it came from the church.

We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.

It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.

Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.

Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together.

The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.

I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.

You have to take a plan that might work and make it work

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings

Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize in us the likeness to the original.

He spoke slowly, his voice deeper and louder, every word tacked nine-inches deep into the beams of our minds.

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

Fans are giving me instant feedback on a chat box. I keep my fans close by working collectively as a unit. I figure as long as I do that, I can't lose. I use the internet as much as possible.

As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot.

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Well.. Is that all you've got?.. I hope not..cuz you haven't finished entertaining me yet.. -Gaara to Rock Lee during the Chunin preliminary

The thing I can't remember is, what came first? Us or the book?