All of the leading terrorism experts are clear on one thing: that in terms of protecting America, we are almost never going to know a place or a time of an attack.

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.

Confidence is the public face of competence.

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing a doctor of malpractice or a lawyer of malfeasance.

Message matters. Message matters almost as much as actions.

If you write something the White House doesn't like, they take you in and say, 'If you ever write something like you did today, nobody from the White House will ever talk to you again

For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

All you need is a dream to drive you nuts.

On a good day, my style is librarian chic. On a bad day, it's frumpy mother.

Looking for someone to value what you have, will keep you coming up empty.

All monsters must die except the beautiful ones

I have the grace of providence to be poor.

Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times are too serious for that.

If you've been a pretty woman and always pursued by lovers, losing that and not having that - it feels like a great loss.

I'm dead sober. This is just me.

90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.

This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.