Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Heartily know, when half-gods go, the gods arrive.

I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.

There are three components to that purpose, one is to find out who you really are, to discover God, the second is to serve other human beings.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

Books may be written in all sorts of places. Verbal inspiration may enter the berth of a mariner on board a ship frozen fast in a river in the middle of a town.

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

I get one hour, really 25 minutes in a sermon on a weekend, to combat all the hours of the week that people are told you are what you have through billboards, commercials, and sitcoms, and so forth.

I don't wake up in the morning and say, wow I've got a great idea for a story. But I sit down, and I figure well, let's see.

Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that should be celebrated.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.