Pope John Paul II is the great. Only two other popes had that title. Does that suggest there is going to be a move for canonization?

The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just see one, the clown ambulance chaser.

Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might use weapons himself in the region, then it became hard for the Democrats to say, 'Well, that can't happen.'

I'm so glad we had that storm last week.

Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the world, they're going to be nationalistic, they're going to be religious, and they're going to be militant.

Toastmasters changed my life. They really did. Put me on the stage. I don’t know what I would have done without that positive boost.

The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.

Everything he's done is clean as a whistle. He's never not only broken any law, he's never done anything wrong.

And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.

I'm not just gonna go after the black Jesse Jackson they all want to make fun of, but I know the wrong people are gonna laugh at that. I don't want to play to that crowd. I don't.

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing...

The hard part wasn’t breaking up. The hard part is forcing myself to fall out of love with you.

If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.

There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted, 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America, we voted at 60 percent, 70 percent, it would transform our politics.

You can have your youth It'll rot before your eyes

Imagination is a powerful deceiver.

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.

cats choose us; we don't own them

Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.