We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

He saw the rules of life clearly for the first time and they were simple: it was a game where Death was the only winner.

If you see adversity arriving at your game field, time to put on your pads and let see how well you can tackle adversity.

There are four ways God answers prayer: No not yet No I love you too much Yes I thought you'd never ask Yes and here's more.

I started a MySpace teen lit discussion group and invited people to join.

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.

I don't really know what 'community' means. And I never use that word.

Ginny's Little Longhorn is my favorite place to play and hang because it's close to old school beer joint music venue as you'll ever find. The Continental Club is also in the top as well.

My pure love is playing music.

In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

I accept reality and dare not question it.