A God who punishes disobedience will teach us to obey and endure when it would be holy to protest and righteous to refuse to cooperate.

I realized the preserving a relationship at all costs was not as important as affirming the human right to be free from abusive treatment.

As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.

My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done.

Maybe it was all those wild times that kept me young.

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

You're unusual. That's better than popular if you have some courage.

I guess I've written enough songs now. I've been doing this for so many years, that it's kinda cool just to be able to pull something out of the bag.

Do you really think a man must be strong, masculine, dominating, and the woman frail, obedient and sensitive? This is a conventional idea. Reality is quite different.

I believe we need literature, which, by allowing us to experience more fully, to imagine more fully, enables us to live more freely.

There is nothing so far removed from us as to be beyond our reach, or so hidden that we cannot discover it.

I've won a lot of times with my wife and son here, and I've won solo. I don't think there's a formula for when the come out and when they don't I'm simply happy to win.