What we have done is when the threat has been directed at the United States, i.e., the terrorist threat from ISIL or Al-Qaeda in Syria, is to go after them.

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.

I saw her disappear from my life like a star that fades into obscurity behind a veil of clouds.

The church must be involved in all seven spheres of life

I've matured as a writer and human being. I've got some wisdom under my belt.

I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards the music that I do, and the subject that I'm speaking of at that time.

We have students at the university say on a regular basis, "You're asking us to think and no one has ever done that in school."

Kill your television. Throw it out the darn window. Watch PBS in a bar.

I am going to the bad place, as is my wont.

I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.

We are only alone when we abandon ourselves.

Education isn't play--and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.