The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes - and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.

Success rests with having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then you will be able to say, I found my hero and he is me.

Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.

I secretly liked acting, but I wanted to play football. It was an enormous dream.

This is not to isolate Israel but rather to hold Israel to a higher standard that we also have to hold ourselves to as well.

Situations reveal who we are, they don't create who we are.

What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'

Without understanding, your love is not true love. You must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs, aspirations, and suffering of the one you love.

Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.

To get all that life wants for you, apply what I call the Boomerang Effect: Give out what you most want to see come back.