What changed their mind was Jimmy Carter's intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation.

Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.

They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.

We are talking about Christianizing America. We are talking about the Gospel in a political context.

The Fox News cable channel is doing very well because there is a market for what Fox News has to offer.

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals.

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked, “What do you think about this logo?” I’d be rich.

Whenever I feel like I'm getting too far away from where I need to be, I think about my sons and the legacy I have to leave for them - and it always brings me back to reality.

I'm happy that I've raised six kids, and not one of them is a Ph.D.

The higher you ascend, the smaller you appear to the eye of envy. But most of all they hate those who fly.

For context, the budget of Don Jon is about half the budget of (500) Days of Summer. And (500) Days of Summer is about a third of the budget of the lowest-budget movies produced at a major studio.

There’s just something hypnotic about maps.

There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it.

I look'd to Heav'n, and try'd to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust.

After all, they'd be busy for a while, they were Candymakers now, and they had a whole lotta candy to make.