That is the crux of modern conservatism - government taking strong measures to foster the attitudes and aptitudes necessary for increased individual independence.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

I love all of myself in all ways for all time. I am made of pure love, and it permeates all of my selves.

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

Grace is gladness of existence.

Prayer does work sometimes, but hard work always works.

People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.

I am trying to make, before I get through, a picture of the whole world--or as much of it as I have seen. Boiling it down always, rather than spreading it out too thin. (On Writing.)

The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.

The aim is to get as much going out the back as is coming in. You've got to do that because for everything you get in you've got to give something out.

Be fast on the field physically, but play slow mentally. Basically, play hard but play smart.

For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.