L.A. Paul Quotes

We have 11 million people said to be in our country illegally. Forty percent of them are said to have overstayed their visa. Do we know where they are?

Love is never convenient-and rarely painless

The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard.

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.

Could America exist without an income tax? The idea seems radical, yet in truth America did just fine without a federal income tax for the first 126 years of her history.

What we need to do is not only live within our means, but start paying down the deficit, and offer an opportunity at least for the next generation to get out.

We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from their taxes, by reducing their tax burden.

Better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all. Whoever came up with that phrase I wanted his greasy head on a silver platt

And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?

There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.

You know I'm a firm believer that women come in all shapes and all sizes and you know certain people like certain things. It's all good, whether it's big, small, whatever.

It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.

Breath, dreams, silence, invincible calm, you triumph.

With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that.

The virus-to-cancer connection is where medicinal mushrooms offer unique opportunities for medical research.

... the worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance.

At times I think and at times I am.

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.

Our spiritual attitude is determined by our conception of our relation to infinite spirit.

The family is the American fascism.

The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care.

If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.

What good does it do a black youth to know that an employer must pay him $2 an hour if the fact that he must be paid that amount is what keeps him from getting a job?

Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever.

I have taken roads that I wished I had not traveled on. And I'm traveling on some pretty exciting ones, too.

Let's determine to finish well by helping facilitate a lifelong conversation and sense of community between God and the people He has called us to serve.

You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in yourself or you'll have no career.

I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take a deep breath and step away from them for a while, writing does this for me.

If I ever feel like I’m doing something I’ve done before, I scrap it and start over again.

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

A lot of people have dreams and never do anything about them. When you have ideas and dreams, you do something about it.

On adultery: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?

I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.

The natural world is not only a set of constraints but of contexts within which we can more fully realize our dreams.

Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.

The desert sky is encircling, majestic, terrible.

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.

The prayer closet is the arena which produces the overcomer.

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.

God designed the program of prayer as an 'apprenticeship' for eternal sovereignty with Christ.

My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.