The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money.

Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands.

The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.

Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite.

Fewer Americans are at work today than in April 2000, even though the population since then has grown by 31 million.

Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.

Never buy a saddle until you have met the horse.

He does what he thinks God would do if God only knew the facts.

Never have I experienced a serenity and sweetness of disposition as with my Chocolate Lab.

Adulthood is accretive by nature, a thing which arrives in ragged stages and uneven overlaps.

The eighties were my teen years, so the GoGos are sort of a touchstone.

I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.

Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.

Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life. Everything else one can turn and turn about, and make old look like new; but there's no coaxing boots and shoes to look better than they are.

There's no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out of hard work.

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.