We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses.

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents.

Love is the poetry of the senses!

You see?" The Father whispered as the boy passed without meeting their eyes. "You shouldn't feel ashamed of your problem. Your life experiences oftentimes is the same as someone else's.

Small price to pay for beauty.

I think from a moral issue, CEOs should not be making - whether it's 270 or 300 times more than their workers are making.

Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" “But no living man am I!

I love being a part of storytelling, so whether I'm getting to do that on Survivor, or do it through kids' adventure books, or directing a movie, it's all sort of the same: Once Upon a Time...

When you stand still, you reject the struggle, and you refuse to change and grow. Ultimately, you reject fulfillment, happiness, the dance for joy and everything else that is eternally good.

Music has always been a huge part of my life and when I was a kid I was always throwing myself into whatever I could music-related - even if it was a little embarrassing!

You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to pray.

Each year I become more mindful of being thankful for each life experience.