Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.

The purpose of life is a life with a purpose. So I’d rather die for a cause, than live a life that is worthless.

A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.

Tell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor, Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater.

I'd rather be proud of what I am, rather than desperatly try to be something I'm really not; just to fit in.

Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition.

So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, Because the dance with the devil might last you forever.

Ignorance is venomous and it murders the soul, spreading like a virus, running rampant, out of control.

Your mind is your weapon. Load your weapon.

Those people who kill women, children, and defenseless civilians are about as Muslim as mass murderer Christopher Columbus was a Christian.

If you don't have self-respect, if you don't have dignity, if you don't have some true knowledge of self and who you are, and where you're coming from, then you're absolutely lost.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

The exercise of prayer in those who habitually exert it must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.

When I meet a couple, I'm always interested to know if they have been together for a long time, or how loyal they are, because I know that will impact on how much I'm prepared to trust them.

I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.

I've always thought the Right-wing were ones that were inflexible and intolerant ,and now I'm coming to realize that the orthodoxy at NPR, it's representing the Left.

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.

We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility?

My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy.