Nobody wants anybody who's radical, who wants to move in here to be able to gain access. I said we should take a pause on these Syrian migrants. And I believe we should do that.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.

Someone mentioned therapy to me once. I read a book instead. ~ Drew Stirling

Perfect, faultless, in ruins, yes, but perfect, nevertheless.

When you change showrunners, it's like getting divorced and getting remarried.

A sarcastic blond genie with a bad attitude. -Clary, pg.243-

When it is possible that people don't understand my English, I take my guitar and speak with my music!

An Italian university is a contradiction in terms.

It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain unapologetically consumed by it. Be faithful to your gift and very confident in its value.

We are in danger of being stern where God is tender, and of being tender where God is stern.

Sometimes I do feel a little pressure, but not that much because we play different positions.