The thing always is to go to where people really are and what they're really feeling about life.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

If the universe does consist of a battle between the devil and God, the final analysis should conclude that religion would have been the devil’s most brilliant move and science, God’s.

I craved to make my faith as real as possible, which meant being recklessly honest in His presence.

You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.

The reason I don't Kill Myselfis because I know I can.

Since the dawn of humanity, stories have allowed each of us to be many.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Man started out on the wrong foot. The misadventure in paradise was the first consequence. The rest had to follow.

Those who do not have imaginary conversations do not love.

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting.