The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'.

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

Let's create a legal system that can work.

Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

Become skilled in the process of selecting whom you allow into your circle of influence.

My son hit his head on a couch and pushed it away. He never went near that couch again. It is amazing what and 1 year old boy can teach you about life.

Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.

I have the ability to build myself up or break myself down. I stay positive. Strength comes from within.

Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

Charisma's good every night. Something special is always about to happen. You've got to believe it.

I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.

In you, humanity is precarious; and so, in dread and in shame, you kill the animal in you. And its slaughter poisons you.