The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.

Something happens when your subconscious goes to work... That's why 'Sleep on it' is an adage.

Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson.

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.

Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out.

You start where you can get an opportunity, you take everything that you can do to gain entrance. You do the little work and you try to find people who can teach you.

Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ''Obama'' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.

If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?

There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision making, but it usually bumps up against man's logic. So we have to put ego aside and listen to them.

She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.

I've always believed that the range or depth of emotion can be great, whether you're play a three-minute piece, or a half-hour work.

The stream is always purer at its source. [Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.

I look into his eyes, no longer afraid what's in them, but afriad I'll lose what they carry.

The Gulf War was a clear precedent as well, and it let us begin to understand how the US government would go to war to secure strategic oil reserves and potential markets.

A friend told me to listen to my heart. Another friend told me to listen to my gut. Maybe I need an autopsy, because right now my colon is kind of iffy.

We did a good job and I'm just glad I have it for a second time.

I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.

Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king