Most child welfare agencies tend to embrace secrecy because the people who lead them tend to be mediocre and don't want you to see how poor a job they are doing.

The only [child welfare] systems that succeed emphasize family preservation.

What a comfort to know that God is a poet.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them.

[With] closet indexing....you're paying a manager a fortune and he has 85% of his assets invested parallel to the indexes. If you have such a system, you're being played for a sucker.

Let me tell you who the immigration system in America does not serve. It does not serve you the American people.

I love you so, But why I love you, I'll never know.

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

When you step into that boat you have made a silent commitment to your team that you will do everything in your power to help them win.

But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.