The more I see of other countries the more I love my own.

I desire no other evidence of the truth to Christianity than the Lord's Prayer.

If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.

My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.

Being good at what you do is never enough

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!

The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

I'd love to do a movie like 'The Machinist.' It's an extreme movie but it takes you to a place that is quite impressive.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

The three most dangerous words in medicine: in my experience.

In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.

When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love and faith.