We need a critical theory that seeks to change the world by challenging the world - including the world of evangelicals - in its market-driven, all, consuming consumerist idolatries.

Cultural relevance can be a cruel mistress.

I always tell students that the first question to ask about any historical action is this: who makes money out of the deal?

The coding was anachronistic, kind of like bokeh in a renaissance painting.

Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.

The impact remains to be seen; I don't think we can measure the enduring impact of John Paul II, for example, for another hundred, perhaps two hundred, years.

May the dreams of your previous be the reality of your potential.

There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own potential. That's what makes a successful person.

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

Cooking has always brought me a happiness that I didn't think was available. I just fire up the stove, and things start to fade away.

And from the moment that we realized it was a terrorist attack, there isn't an agent or a support person in the FBI that wasn't committed to bringing to justice those who were responsible for this.